Booth v. State

OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

Thomas Joe Booth, appellant, was charged by separate indictments that on December 17, 1978, he unlawfully caused the deaths of his adoptive father and natural mother, C.L. and Betty Booth, by stabbing each of them with a knife. See Y.T. C.A., Penal Code, Section 19.02(a)(1).

Pursuant to appellant’s motion to consolidate the two indictments for trial purposes, the two causes were tried together. The jury twice found appellant guilty of committing the offense of voluntary manslaughter. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Section 19.04. After a punishment hearing, the jury assessed…