Goodin v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of murder. The jury assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for forty three years. Appellant appealed to the Fort Worth Court of Appeals, and the conviction was affirmed. Goodin v. State, 726 S.W.2d 956 (Tex.App.—Fort Worth 1987). Appellant petitioned this Court for discretionary review to determine whether the court of appeals improperly held that the trial court properly refused appellant’s requested jury instructions on aiding a suicide, conspiracy to…