Miranda v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant was charged with murder. The jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter and assessed punishment at twenty years’ confinement with a $10,-000.00 fine. As his sole point of error, appellant contends that the trial court should have charged the jury on criminally negligent homicide.

There is conflicting evidence concerning the sequence of events leading to the death of John Andrew Mendoza. According to appellant, he and Sandra Landeros, his girlfriend, went to a convenience store to purchase a few items. When they left the convenience store they were…