Ly v. State

OPINION

TAFT, Justice.

We withdraw our opinion of April 3, 1997, and substitute this opinion in its place. A jury convicted appellant, Thanh Truong Ly, of murder and assessed his punishment at 25-years confinement. He complains on appeal that: (1) the evidence is factually insufficient to establish intent to cause serious bodily injury; and (2) the trial court erred by not submitting a mandated parole law instruction. We affirm.

Facts

On the night of the offense, appellant and his friends were leaving a party. One of appellant’s friends, Thai, saw some “guys” who had keyed (scratched with a key)…