Munoz v. State

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Rodolfo Munoz was convicted of murder. The jury set his punishment at forty-eight years’ imprisonment. On appeal Munoz does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, but he contends that he should have a new trial because the trial court erroneously admitted in evidence a tape and a transcript of a 911 emergency call, and erroneously refused to submit jury instructions on manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. We reject these contentions and affirm the judgment.

On August 22, 1994, Munoz and several other workers were laying the foundation for a…