Lee v. State

OPINION

LATTIMORE, Justice.

Appellant, James Lee, was indicted for the offense of voluntary manslaughter and murder. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 19.02 & 19.04 (Vernon 1989). Trial was to a jury. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter, and assessed punishment at ten years imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections. 1

We reverse and remand.

Appellant brings two points of error. First, appellant contends the trial court erred by denying his timely objection to the hearsay statements used to establish the identity of appellant, and…