Givens v. State

554 S.W.2d 199 (1977)

Eugene Lorenza GIVENS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 53468.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 29, 1977.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1977.

Rodney L. Poirot and Lawrence B. Mitchell, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Maridell J. Templeton, David C. Schick and Winfield W. Scott, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of voluntary manslaughter; the punishment is imprisonment for 16…