Francis v. State

OPINION

ROBERTSON, Justice.

The jury rejected appellant’s not guilty plea to murder and assessed punishment at confinement for life and a $10,000 fine. Issues on appeal concern the court’s charge, failure to grant a motion in arrest of judgment, the excusal of three jurors, admissibility of seized evidence, lawfulness of state’s investigative procedures, and effective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

While appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, he contends in his first point of error that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter.…