Chambless v. Texas (Original)
Annotate this CaseBen Chambless appealed the court of appeals' judgment affirming his sentence of eight years' confinement for committing criminally negligent homicide. Upon careful consideration of the record of this case, the Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals' conclusion that the jury instructions properly defined the punishment range of a third-degree felony because there was no conflict between the relevant statutes, the state-jail felony deadly-weapon punishment enhancement was applicable to criminally negligent homicide, and its application was not contrary to legislative intent.
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