Bohnet v. State

JONES, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Roland Reed Boh-net II, guilty of capital murder. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(8) (West 1994). The State having elected not to seek the death penalty, the trial court assessed punishment at life imprisonment. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.31(a) (West 1994); Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 37.071, § 1 (West Supp.1997). In three points of error, appellant contends that (1) the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on lesser included offenses of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide; and (2) his trial counsel rendered…