Howell v. State

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

A jury convicted the appellant of murder and the court set the appellant’s sentence at imprisonment for twenty years.

We reverse the judgment because the court failed to apply the law of parties to the facts of the case despite timely objection by the appellant.

The indictment alleged that the appellant intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Paul Phillip Steffler by shooting him with a gun, a violation of Penal Code § 19.02(a)(1). The undisputed evidence, *294however, was that Steffler’s death was caused by Robert S. Lane, a co-defendant of the appellant who was also…