Aguilar v. State

CARVER, Justice.

Gilbert Hernandez Aguilar appeals his conviction, and enhanced sentence of life imprisonment, for voluntary manslaughter. We affirm.

Aguilar was tried before a jury on a charge of the murder of M.L. Douglas. Aguilar did not testify but, within his confession he stated:

*804On November 26, 1981 sometime after the hours of darkness, I was in my apartment. My girlfriend, Mildred Williams and a black male named Doug was in my apartment with me. I took out some trash and when I returned to my apartment Doug had his hands on Mildred. Doug jerked his hands away from Mildred when I entered…