Cooper v. State

Appellant was charged by indictment with the offenses of murder, pursuant to Tex. Penal Code Ann. Sec. 19.02(a)(2) and (3), and injury to a child, pursuant to Tex. Penal Code Ann. Sec. 22.04. In a general verdict, the jury convicted appellant of murder "as charged in the indictment." The trial judge assessed punishment at confinement for seventy-five years. The Court of Appeals held the trial judge erred in refusing appellant's request to limit the jury charge's definitions of Tex. Penal Code Ann. Sec. 6.03(a), (b) and (c), to the result of appellant's conduct. Cooper v. State, 842 S.W.2d…