Jennings v. State

302 S.W.3d 306 (2010)

Delvetra Lasherl JENNINGS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. PD-0261-09.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 27, 2010.

James Bryan Johnston, for Appellant.

Rob Daniel, Jeffrey L. VanHorn, State's Attorney, Austin, for State.

OPINION

COCHRAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.

This case presents a simple question: is the verdict form a part of the jury charge?[1] It is. Therefore, if the verdict form contains mistakes or omissions, those errors are analyzed for harm under the…