Brown v. State

OPINION

CHARLES KREGER, Justice.

Lonnie Brown was indicted for the murder of Justin Slider. The cause was tried to a jury, which was instructed on the lesser-included offenses of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide upon the State’s request and over Brown’s objections. Brown’s defense was that he shot Slider as an act of self-defense. The jury, however, found Brown guilty of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter. Following the punishment hearing, the jury assessed Brown’s sentence at confinement for four years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional…