Alonzo v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice VALDEZ.

Appellant, Jose Alonzo, was indicted on one count of murder, a first-degree felony, see Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(b)(1), (c) (Vernon 2003), and one count of possession of a deadly weapon in a penal institution, a third-degree felony. See id. § 46.10(a)(2), (d) (Vernon 2003). A jury convicted Alonzo of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter, a second-degree felony, see id. § 19.04 (Vernon 2003), as well as the offense of possession of a deadly weapon in a penal institution. After finding an enhancement allegation “true,” the jury sentenced Alonzo…