Jordan v. State

Opinion by Justice Moseley

A Bowie County jury convicted Patrick Jordan of discharging a firearm in a manner *175that constituted deadly conduct, a third degree felony. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.05 (West 2011). Jordan was sentenced to four years' imprisonment.

On appeal, Jordan argues that the trial court erred in (1) denying his request to instruct the jury that it was required to acquit him if it had reasonable doubt as to whether the State disproved his justification of self-defense, (2) denying his request to include an instruction that his belief that deadly force was immediately necessary…