Hughes v. State

719 S.W.2d 560 (1986)

John Madison HUGHES, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 631-85.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

September 17, 1986.

James A. Morris, Orange, for appellant.

Herbert B. Hancock, Dist. Atty. and Martha J. Sullivan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Nacogdoches, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

Indicted for murder, appellant was convicted by a jury of the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment assessed at twenty years confinement and a fine…