Williamson v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal involves a conviction for murder. After the jury’s verdict of guilty, the court assessed punishment at imprisonment for 20 years.

On appeal the Beaumont Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, holding, inter alia, that the trial court did not err in submitting, over objection, a jury instruction on provoking the difficulty. Williamson v. State (Tex.App. No. 09-83-011—Beaumont—Oct. 19, 1983) (not yet published).

We granted the petition for discretionary review to determine the correctness of that portion…