Jerry Lynn McGavitt v. State

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS JERRY LYNN MCGAVITT, § No. 08-17-00168-CR Appellant, § Appeal from the v. § 34th District Court THE STATE OF TEXAS, § of El Paso County, Texas Appellee. § (TC# 20140D05274) § OPINION Jerry Lynn McGavitt was convicted of murder and sentenced to sixty years’ confinement with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division. In five issues, McGavitt contends: (1) the trial court erroneously defined the term “intentionally” in the abstract portion of the jury instructions, allowing the jury to convict him of murder without…