Stanley v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of voluntary manslaughter; the punishment is imprisonment for twenty years and a fine of $10,000. The trial was in Polk County after a change of venue from San Jacinto County.

The appellant asserts that a charge on provoking the difficulty was erroneously submitted to the jury, and his plea of former jeopardy was erroneously overruled.

The appellant’s testimony raised the issue of self defense, and an appropriate charge was submitted to the jury; however, a charge on provoking the difficulty that limited the right of self…