Yates v. State

PRICE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of involuntary manslaughter. The jury found the appellant guilty and assessed his punishment at imprisonment for eight years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant in his first ground of error asserts that the trial court erred in overruling the defendant’s motion for an instructed verdict because the state failed to prove all the elements of involuntary manslaughter. Specifically the appellant contends that the state did not prove that appellant intentionally shot the pistol as the result of a “quick draw” contest…