Robbins v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING ON PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of involuntary manslaughter and assessed punishment at confinement for five years. The El Paso Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Robbins v. State, 667 S.W.2d 318 (Tex.App.—El Paso, 1984). Initially, we refused appellant’s petition for discretionary review. However, upon appellant’s motion for rehearing, we granted his petition to determine whether the trial court properly charged the jury, over appellant’s objection, on the issue of causation.

The evidence…