Paz v. State

OPINION

FOWLER, Justice.

The State of Texas charged Nelson Armando Paz (appellant) with capital murder for intentionally or knowingly murdering a child under the age of six years old. A jury found appellant guilty of capital murder as charged in the indictment and assessed punishment at life in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant complains on appeal that the trial court committed reversible error in failing to charge the jury on the lesser included offenses of criminally negligence homicide and injury to a child. We affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

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