Alonzo v. State

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

PD-1494-10

JOSE ALONZO, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE THIRTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS

JEFFERSON COUNTY

Womack, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Meyers, Johnson, Keasler, Hervey, Cochran, and Alcala , JJ., joined. Keller, P.J., filed a concurring opinion. Price, J., concurred in the judgment.

The appellant killed a fellow inmate in a prison fight. A jury convicted him of manslaughter. The Court of Appeals affirmed. (1) Because the trial court and the Court of Appeals misapplied the law of self-defense, we shall…