Pitonyak v. State

A jury found appellant Colton Aaron Pitonyak guilty of murder and assessed a fifty-five-year prison term. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(b)(1) (West 2003). In five points of error, appellant contends that: (1) the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to sustain the guilty verdict, (2) the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offenses of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, (3) the trial court erred by overruling appellants motion to suppress evidence, (4) his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance, and (5) the trial court erred by failing to conduct an inquiry into appellants competence to stand trial. We will overrule these points of error and affirm the judgment of conviction.