Cook v. State

OPINION

KAPLAN, Justice.

The State charged Lawrence Earl Cook with murder. A jury convicted him of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. The jury assessed punishment at twenty years’ confinement and a fine of $5000. Cook appeals, asserting two points of error about the charge given to the jury. We overrule both points of error and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

In his first point of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred in refusing to submit to the jury his requested special instruction limiting the application portion of the charge to the result of his…