Davis v. State

OPINION

WEAVER, Justice.

Appellant, Donny Davis, was charged by indictment with the offense of murder. At the close of the evidence, appellant requested and received a charge on the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter. The jury convicted appellant of the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter and assessed his punishment at sixteen years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

*872A short time after the receipt of the verdict and sentence, the State requested that the judgment be reformed to reflect an affirmative finding on the use of a deadly…