Buentello v. State

BOYD, Justice.

Appellant Richard Cody Buentello brings this appeal from his conviction of voluntary manslaughter and the consequent jury-assessed punishment of twenty years confinement in the Department of Corrections and an accompanying fine of $10,000. In three points of error, appellant says the trial court reversibly erred in (1) failing to grant a new trial because of (a) jury misconduct in the discussion of parole law; (b) jury misconduct in receiving and discussing improper evidence during its probation deliberations; and (3) failing to grant his motion for instructed verdict based on a…