Powers v. State

OPINION

ROSS, Justice.

David Eugene Powers appeals his conviction for manslaughter, contending that the trial court erred in: (1) receiving and accepting a fatally defective jury verdict finding him guilty of the offense of involuntary manslaughter; (2) substituting its judgment of manslaughter for the jury’s uncorrected verdict of involuntary manslaughter; and (3) failing to define “reasonable doubt” in the punishment charge.

Powers’ first point, that the trial court erred in accepting the jury verdict of involuntary manslaughter, is based on his contention that the verdict was void because…