Tidwell v. State

McKAY, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and his punishment assessed at ten (10) years confinement in the Department of Corrections.

In his first ground of error appellant complains that the trial court erred in admitting the testimony of the State’s witness Bradley regarding a telephone conversation Bradley had with a man who identified himself as Darriel Tidwell.

Appellant was charged with killing a negro man named Willie Wallace, Jr. Appellant lived in or near Gilmer, and Wallace lived in or near Kilgore. Bradley testified that during the week prior to November 7,…