Prenger v. State

OPINION

WANDA McKEE FOWLER, Justice.

A jury found appellant John Patrick Prenger guilty of manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend’s four-year-old son, Cody Barree. The child died of asphyxiation some time after appellant wrapped him in a blanket and secured it with belts at his chest and feet, apparently in an effort to control the child’s behavior. Appellant was sentenced to twenty years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, and fined $10,000. In a single issue, appellant contends the trial court erred in denying his requested jury instruction…