Richardson v. State

OPINION

HILL, Justice.

Sigma F. Richardson appeals from her conviction by a jury of the offense of murder. The jury assessed her punishment at fifty years in the Texas Department of Corrections, now the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. She contends in two points of error that the trial court erred in failing to include in its charge to the jury the lesser-included offense of criminally negligent homicide, and in failing to include the defense of accident or the requirement of a voluntary act or omission under section 6.01(a) of the Texas Penal Code.

We reverse and…