Smith v. State

653 S.W.2d 835 (1982)

Billy Joe SMITH, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 13-81-131-CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

September 16, 1982.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1982.

J. Douglas Tinker, Tinker & Tor, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Wm. B. Mobley, Jr., Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before BISSETT, YOUNG and KENNEDY, JJ.

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

Appeal is taken from conviction for voluntary manslaughter for which punishment was assessed at ten years. We affirm.

The theory propounded at trial by appellant was accident. The deceased died as a result of a gunshot wound…