Wasylina v. State

in which PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

The court of appeals held that the evidence was legally insufficient to support appellant’s conviction for criminally negligent homicide because the evidence showed only that appellant acted recklessly. We hold that proving the greater culpable mental state of recklessness necessarily proves the lesser culpable mental state of criminal negligence, and we therefore reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant was indicted for the offense of manslaughter. He pleaded “not guilty,” and the case was tried to…