Dotson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUE WALKER, Justice.
I.INTRODUCTION
Appellant Tommy Eugene Dotson appeals his conviction for manslaughter. A jury found Dotson guilty of recklessly causing the death of Lori Sitko, and the trial court sentenced him to forty years’ imprisonment and made an affirmative deadly weapon finding. Dotson raises ten issues on appeal. We will affirm.
II.Factual and ProceduRal Background
On November 24, 2001, Dotson’s recreational vehicle (“RV”) was parked with its back end up against a building in a dirt lot located between the 3200 blocks of East Belknap and Race Street in Fort Worth, Texas. At…
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