Richardson v. State

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of involuntary manslaughter. A jury found Appellant guilty and assessed his punishment at confinement for ten years in the Texas Department of Corrections. We affirm.

The evidence showed that on April 10, 1987, Houston Police Officers D.P. Jackson and Maria Michelle Groves were on routine patrol when they were notified of a traffic accident on the Katy Freeway. When the officers arrived at the scene of the accident, there was an overturned pickup truck, two patrol cars with flashing-rotating lights on, three wreckers and…