Aguilar v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder. On his plea of not guilty he was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter. At punishment the State offered one prior conviction and the jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment.

Appellant asserted selfdefense. The State called as a witness Mildred Williams, who lived with appellant at the time of the offense. Appellant objected to her being called on the ground that Williams was his common law wife. The trial court found after a pretrial hearing that the witness was not the…