Jones v. State

DEVANY, Justice.

Percy Edward Jones was tried before a jury and convicted of the murder of his *498wife, Debra Nelson Jones. Punishment was assessed at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant presents five points of error which may be summarized as follows: that his constitutional and statutory right to a speedy trial was denied; that the evidence is insufficient to support the State’s theory of causation; that the trial court erred in refusing to give the jury appellant’s requested charge on voluntary manslaughter; and that certain video tapes were erroneously admitted…