Hayward, Shantee D.

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-2081-03

SHANTEE D. HAYWARD, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS

HARRIS COUNTY

Price, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Meyers, Womack, Johnson, Keasler, Hervey, Holcomb, and Cochran, JJ., joined. Keller, P.J., concurred in the result.

O P I N I O N

The State charged the appellant with committing murder by stabbing the victim. The appellant requested a lesser-included offense instruction for assault because she said in a statement that she had only hit the victim…