Sanders v. State

Citations

• 41 Tex. 306

Syllabus

<p>Charge op the Court—Murder.—On a trial for murder, the law applicable to the case must be distinctly set forth in the charge, whether asked or not,' and a failure to define murder in the second degree, in a case where the jury, upon the evidence, might have found the defendant guilty of the less offense, will be cause of reversal, whether the instructions were asked or not.</p>