Dedric Steven Wallace v. State

Wallace v. State

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS,

AT AUSTIN

NO. 3-92-377-CR

DEDRIC STEVEN WALLACE,

APPELLANT

vs.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

APPELLEE

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 331ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 92-1379, HONORABLE BOB PERKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING

Appellant, Dedric Steven Wallace, was convicted in district court of voluntary manslaughter. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.04 (West 1989). The jury assessed punishment at sixteen years' imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. During the punishment phase of the trial, the prosecutor asked…