Peterson v. State

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Anthony Tyrone Peterson was charged with murder, but the jury found him guilty of the lesser offense of manslaughter in the shooting death of Derrick M. Palmer. Peterson appeals his conviction, asserting that the trial court erred by submitting a jury charge that impermissibly expanded the statutory definitions of “intent” and “knowingly.” We affirm.

Peterson never denied that he shot and killed Palmer. He testified that he and several friends were at a McDonald’s in Gilmer and that on his way out of the restaurant, he stopped and talked to a young woman. He…