Contreras v. State

CHAPA, Justice.

Appellant, Arturo Contreras, and two co-defendants were indicted for murder. A jury convicted appellant of voluntary manslaughter and assessed punishment at ten years imprisonment but recommended probation, and they assessed a $10,000.00 fine. We affirm the conviction.

The issues before us are:

1) whether the evidence is sufficient to support the conviction;

2) whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence the deceased’s dying declaration;

3) whether appellant was entitled to his requested jury instruction on dying declarations.

In his first point of error, appellant…