Hoffpauir v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Indicted for the offense of murder, appellant was convicted of the offense of voluntary manslaughter and the jury assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for a term of five years notwithstanding appellant’s sworn motion for probation.

Though appellant presents some sixteen grounds of error for our consideration, we need not reach each of these contentions. In his second ground of error, appellant advances the contention that the trial court erred in overruling his timely request for a copy of the grand jury testimony of witness Tillman…