Cain v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder. The jury convicted him of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter and assessed his punishment at 10 years’ imprisonment.

Among the grounds of error are a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction, and a contention that the court erred in refusing to permit him to reopen the testimony at the guilt stage of the trial after both sides “closed.”

Appellant Cain and Sharon Moore lived together at the time of the offense. Their relationship had sometimes been a stormy affair involving some…