Apodaca v. State

OPINION

Before ONION, P. J., and ROBERTS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ. W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for voluntary manslaughter. Appellant was indicted for murder, but the jury found him guilty of the lesser offense, and assessed his punishment at fifteen years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The record reflects that in January of 1976, appellant was riding with John Lewis in Lewis’ car. Lewis was driving. They confronted the deceased and an argument between Lewis and the deceased ensued. The deceased drove away in his truck and Lewis chased him. Lewis and appellant…