Cook v. State

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0344-12 DAVID COOK, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S AND APPELLANT’S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE SECOND COURT OF APPEALS DENTON COUNTY C OCHRAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which M EYERS, P RICE, W OMACK, J OHNSON, and A LCALA, JJ., joined. K ELLER, P.J., filed a concurring opinion. H ERVEY, J., filed a concurring opinion in which K EASLER, J., joined. OPINION A jury convicted appellant of manslaughter and returned a punishment verdict of six years’ confinement with a recommendation that it be probated.…