O'BRIEN v. State

OPINION

ADELE HEDGES, Justice.

Appellant pled not guilty to murder. A jury found appellant guilty and assessed punishment at 35 years’ confinement. In five points of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred in (1) denying his request for a charge on the lesser-included offense of manslaughter, (2) allowing the State to question appellant on why he obtained a pistol, (3) refusing to give appellant an extra peremptory strike, and (4) allowing improper prosecutorial argument. We reverse and remand.

Background

On April 9, 1999, a group of family and friends went bowling. Richard Perez, a…