Charlie Dean Hays v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-94-00347-CR

Charlie Dean Hays, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BURNET COUNTY, 33RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 7559, HONORABLE CLAYTON E. EVANS, JUDGE PRESIDING

A jury found Charlie Dean Hays intentionally and knowingly caused Emily Shannon's death, rejecting his contention that he acted from sudden passion arising from an adequate cause. (1) The trial-court judgment convicts Hays accordingly and sentences him to ninety-nine years imprisonment as assessed by the jury. Hays appeals. We will affirm the trial-court…