Ahrens v. State

OPINION

NUCHIA, Justice.

Appellant, Bernice Ahrens, was charged with capital murder. 1 A jury convicted her of murder and assessed punishment at 80 years confinement. In this appeal, she raises three points of error: (l)-(2) whether the evidence was legally and factually sufficient to warrant her conviction; and (3) whether the trial judged erred when he denied her motion to include a jury instruction on the lesser included offense of manslaughter. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On August 26, 1998, Mieal Renz was jogging on Main Street in Galena Park at about 6:15 a.m. when he saw what he believed to be a…