Tatum v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and a jury assessed punishment at a term of eight years and a $5000.00 fine. Both the fine and prison term were probated at the jury’s recommendation. The conviction was affirmed on direct appeal in an unpublished opinion. Tatum v. State, No. A14-86-00889-CR, 1988 WL 46369 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th], delivered May 12, 1988). On original submission we refused appellant’s petition for discretionary review but later granted his motion for rehearing on a single ground to…