Sanders v. State

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder. A Dallas County jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The trial court assessed punishment at ten years in the Texas Department of Corrections. 1

The State’s evidence showed that on November 16, 1977, after midnight, appellant was involved in an argument by a pool table in a Dallas beer joint. During the argument, appellant was struck with a pool cue by a person other than the deceased. The appellant then left with his brother, Rickey Sanders. Several men followed the appellant outside the beer joint. The deceased was one of…