State v. Shelton

RAMEY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Texas of the trial court’s action in granting the Appel-lee, Richard Shelton (“Shelton”), a new trial. Shelton had been indicted for the murder of Coby Dean Chancellor (“Coby”); he was convicted by a jury of the lesser-included offense of involuntary manslaughter and his punishment assessed at ten years confinement and a $5,000 fine. The trial court sentenced Shelton and made an affirmative finding of Shelton’s use of a deadly weapon. Thereafter, Shelton’s motion for new trial was timely filed and subsequently granted on March 18, 1991.…