Ramirez v. State

COLLEY, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for the offense of murder. He pleaded not guilty and was convicted in a jury trial of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. The jury assessed his punishment at twelve years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

In this appeal appellant presents three grounds of error. No challenge is made to the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction.

We first address appellant’s third ground whereby he claims reversible error was committed when the State attempted to introduce evidence of appellant’s reputation as being a…