Reaves v. State

OPINION

CHUCK MILLER, Justice (Retired).

Appellant Karla Renea Reaves was charged by indictment with the offense of murder. She entered her plea of not guilty, the case went to trial before a jury, and at the conclusion of the guilt stage, the jury found her guilty of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. The jury also heard the punishment phase of the trial and, after hearing additional punishment evidence, assessed Reaves’s punishment at two years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On appeal, Reaves brings four points of…