Torres v. State

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

Juan Manuel Torres was tried by a jury for murder and convicted for the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. The trial court then sentenced him to 20 years confinement to run consecutively with two other sentences for separate offenses. We affirm.

Appellant was an employee of the Torres Body Shop, where he repaired cars himself and supervised other employees. On several occasions the victim, Antonio Velez, took his car to appellant’s place of business to be repaired. On one occasion the victim’s daughter, Elisa Velez, took a car in and struck up a…