Runnels v. State

OPINION

TIM TAFT, Justice.

Charged with murder, appellant, Richard Runnels Jr., was convicted by a jury of the lesser included offense of manslaughter, and the trial court assessed punishment at 16 years in prison. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 19.04 (Vernon 2003). We determine whether appellant preserved for review his appellate complaint about the trial court’s allowing the State to conduct a demonstration before the jury using a mannequin dressed in the complainant’s clothing. We affirm.

Facts

On the night of September 15, 2001, appellant shot V. Rosas-Sanches, the complainant, in the abdomen and…