Michael Winn LaFleur v. State of Texas

OPINION

DAVID B. GAULTNEY, Justice.

Michael Winn Lafleur was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced by a jury to eight years imprisonment. The trial court entered an affirmative finding that Lafleur had used a deadly weapon. On appeal, Lafleur argues that the trial court erred by refusing his request for a jury instruction on criminally negligent homicide and by entering the deadly weapon finding.

Issue 1: CRiminally Negligent Homicide

Lafleur was indicted for murdering Keith Walker “by shooting Complainant with a deadly weapon, to-wit: a firearm[.]” The trial court instructed the jury on…