Holman v. State

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

Robert Marion Holman appeals from a conviction of murder for which the jury sentenced him to confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for ninety-nine years. See TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 19.02 (Vernon 1974). Appellant complains in three points of error that the trial court erred: 1 and 2) in failing to give the jury a self-defense instruction; and 3) in allowing the admission of a weapon that had previously been suppressed. Given our holding on appellant’s first contention, we do not reach the second.

We reverse and remand for new trial.

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