Benavides v. State

OPINION

MURRY B. COHEN, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for capital murder. A jury convicted him of murder and assessed punishment at life imprisonment. Appellant contends the evidence was insufficient; the judge should have instructed the jury on the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter; and the judge erred by admitting extraneous offense type evidence. We affirm.

Facts

This case involves two raids of the same property. Although appellant was charged with the murder that occurred during the second raid, the facts of the first raid are important.

A. The First Raid

At 7:45 p.m. on…