Gonzales v. State

*639OPINION

DIAL, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder (repeater) in a jury trial. The jury set punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for a term of twenty (20) years.

Appellant’s first ground of error complains of the trial court failing to give requested jury instructions on the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter.

The defense theory from the outset was one of self-defense. From the testimony of Appellant Gonzales and his companion on the night in question, Elias Maldonado, it was established that the two had gone to a bar in San Antonio.…