Manning v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice GRANT.

Raymond Manning appeals his conviction of manslaughter arising out of a vehicular collision involving an eighteen-wheeler. A jury found Manning guilty and assessed his punishment at ten years’ confinement.

Manning argues the evidence was legally insufficient to support his conviction. He contends the trial court erred in permitting the State to introduce evidence showing the presence of a cocaine metabolite in his blood and in denying his request for a limiting instruction on that evidence. Manning also contends the trial court erred by permitting certain…