Stepherson v. State

OPINION

Martha Hill Jamison, Justice

A jury convicted appellant Demarkice Demond Stepherson of manslaughter and further determined that he used a deadly weapon in committing the offense. The trial court sentenced appellant to fifteen years in prison. In two issues, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support both his conviction and the deadly weapon finding. Concluding that the evidence was sufficient to establish appellant’s guilt and that he used his hands as a deadly weapon, we affirm.

*761 Background

Appellant was charged with causing the death of his cousin Stanley Rice by…