Rowden v. State

OPINION

STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury conviction for voluntary manslaughter. The jury assessed punishment at ten years imprisonment. We affirm.

In Ground of Error No. One, Appellant contends that the court committed fundamental error in the jury charge by expanding the theory of liability beyond the scope of the indictment. The indictment alleged that Appellant intentionally or knowingly caused the death of Jimmy Earl Newsom by stabbing him with a dagger. In the abstract and application paragraphs of the charge dealing with murder and voluntary manslaughter,…