McLean v. State

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

The State prosecuted appellant for murder, but the jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter and assessed punishment at three years in the Texas Department of Corrections. The jury answered a special issue, finding that appellant had used a deadly weapon to commit the offense. We affirm.

In his first point of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in submitting to the jury a special issue on use of a deadly weapon. Appellant argues that he had inadequate notice of the State’s intent to seek this finding, in that he first learned of the State’s intent…