Lee Yates, Sr. v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

CATHERINE STONE, Justice.

Appellant Lee Yates, Sr. appeals his conviction for manslaughter, challenging the district court’s affirmative finding of a deadly weapon. Yates contends the jury’s verdict did not present an express finding of a deadly weapon, thereby precluding the trial court from entering a deadly weapon finding. In light of the court of criminal appeals’s recent holding in Lafleur v. State, 106 S.W.3d 91 (Tex.Crim.App.2003), we disagree and affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Factual and Procedural Background

Yates was charged with murder in two paragraphs and was…