Roberts v. State

OPINION

HILL, Justice.

Vernon Walter Roberts appeals from his conviction by a jury of the offense of murder. Upon his plea of true to an enhancement paragraph, the trial court assessed his punishment at 62 years in the Texas Department of Corrections. Roberts presents seven grounds of error.

By grounds of error numbers one and two, Roberts complains that the trial court erred in not instructing the jury as to the lesser included offenses of involuntary manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.

We reverse and remand for trial because we find that Roberts was entitled to have the jury…