Legal Opinion
Laird v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided October 10, 1996No. 14-93-01103-CRPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FOWLER, Justice.
Appellant entered a plea of not guilty before the jury to the offense of capital murder. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2) (Vernon Supp.1994). 1 A jury convicted him. Because he was a juvenile certified to stand trial as an adult, the trial court assessed punishment at life in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 8.07(c) (Vernon 1996). Appellant brings five points of error, complaining the trial court erred by refusing to charge the jury on the lesser included offenses of involuntary manslaughter and murder; the…
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