Buentello v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MALONEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years confinement. The Court of Appeals affirmed appellant's conviction. Buentello v. State, 770 S.W.2d 917 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 1989). We granted appellant’s petition to review the holding of the Court of Appeals that the jury’s discussion *611of parole was not so detrimental as to deprive appellant of a fair and impartial trial in violation of Tex.R.App.Pro. 30(b).

Appellant filed a motion for new trial with supporting affidavits from two…