House v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced appellant to twelve years confinement. The Court of Appeals affirmed appellant’s conviction and sentence. House v. State, 909 S.W.2d 214, (Tex. App. — Houston [14th Dist.], 1995) (not yet reported).

The record reflects the trial court permitted two assistant district attorneys from the trial prosecutor’s office to testify about appellant’s character at the punishment phase of appellant’s trial. Appellant objected for “ethical reasons.”1 The trial…