Del Ray Sanders v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
DueProcess FourthAmendment HabeasCorpus Jurisdiction
Whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's request for jury instructions on the lesser-included offenses of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED (1) Petitioner Sanders, contends the Ninth Appellate District Court, Cause : # 09-10-00047~CR, Beaumont, Texas, Erred by ruling the Trial Court of Polk County, Texas, for the 411th Judicial District, Livingston, Texas, 77351 did not err by denying his request to instruct the jury on Manslaughter (Texas . Penal Code §19.04(a)(b)); and Criminally Negligent Homicide (Texas Penal Code §19.05(a)(b)). Did the omitted instructions prevent (disallow) the juror's to convict on the lesser-included charge, or even acquit on the finding of accidental? See;