Ross v. State

LAGARDE, Justice.

Ross appeals his conviction by a jury for voluntary manslaughter. The jury assessed punishment at confinement for fifteen years and one day. In eight points of error, Ross asserts that the trial court erred: (1) in failing to submit a specially requested instruction on involuntary conduct; (2) in submitting its own incorrect instruction on involuntary conduct; (3) in failing to apply the law of self-defense to the facts of the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter; (4) through (6) in admitting into evidence the pistol used in the commission of the offense since it…