Moore v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of involuntary manslaughter; punishment was assessed by the jury at imprisonment for ten years. Among other things, appellant complains of the trial court’s refusal to submit a charge to the jury on the offense of criminally negligent homicide.

On May 14,1976, the deceased was killed by a shotgun blast. Appellant and her neighbor Ray Purcell were standing in Purcell’s front yard when the deceased, who was driving wildly, passed by in his car. Suddenly he wheeled around and drove into Purcell’s yard, where he cursed…