Brown v. State

296 S.W.3d 371 (2009)

Lonnie BROWN, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 09-08-00242-CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Submitted March 5, 2009.

Decided September 23, 2009.

Joseph C. "Lum" Hawthorn, Zack Hawthorn, Hawthorn & Hawthorn, P.C., Beaumont, for appellant.

Tom Maness, Rodney D. Conerly, Special Prosecutors, Crim. Dist. Atty's, Beaumont, for state.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., GAULTNEY and KREGER, JJ.

OPINION

CHARLES KREGER, Justice.

Lonnie Brown was indicted for the murder of Justin Slider. The cause was tried to a jury, which was instructed on the lesser-included offenses of…