Vernon Jackson v. State

Jackson-V v. State

IN THE

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-94-085-CR

VERNON JACKSON,

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

From the Criminal District Court No. 2

Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court # F93-64169-PI

O P I N I O N

Appellant Jackson appeals his conviction for voluntary manslaughter for which he was sentenced to twenty years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Appellant was charged with the murder of O.C. Hall. The jury convicted him of the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter. The evidence reflects that: (1) Appellant and Hall lived in the same house; (2) they were fighting; (3) Appellant…