Sanchez v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of voluntary manslaughter. Punishment was assessed at imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections for 20 years. The Court of Appeals affirmed Sanchez v. State, 622 S.W.2d 491 (1981). Appellant’s motion for rehearing was overruled without opinion.

In his petition for discretionary review, appellant contends that the trial court erred in allowing the State’s attorney to question him about his silence while he was in custody concerning his fear that the deceased had a weapon at the…