Cantu v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant Raymond Cantu, Jr., appeals his conviction for voluntary manslaughter. He asserts three points of error on appeal. We affirm.

Appellant’s first point of error is that the trial court excluded testimony of the violent character of the deceased. Appellant relies on Dempsey v. State, 266 S.W.2d 876 (Tex.Crim.App.1964), which held that evidence of the violent character of the deceased is admissible to show that the accused acted in self-defense. Evidence of prior specific acts of violent misconduct by the deceased are admissible where there is evidence that the…