Young v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of voluntary manslaughter, a second degree felony, growing out of the primary count of murder in the indictment. Having found that the appellant had been previously convicted of a felony, the jury assessed punishment at fifty (50) years. See V.T.C.A. Penal Code Sec. 12.42(b). The offense was shown to have occurred on January 21, 1974.

At the outset we are confronted with appellant’s ground of error in which he complains that the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury on the appellant’s right to arm…