Legal Opinion
Herrera v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided January 18, 1984No. 07-82-0157-CRPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYD, Justice.
Appellant Paul Herrera, Jr. brings this appeal from his conviction for the offense of voluntary manslaughter, Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.04. Punishment was assessed by the jury at twenty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. For the reasons hereinafter set out, we reverse the judgment and remand the cause for a new trial.
On February 5, 1979, the body of Israel Duran was discovered in a turnrow east of Lubbock. The autopsy revealed that Duran had died from multiple gunshot wounds. The appellant, who was one of the last persons seen with Duran while the latter…
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