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JONES v. STATE

No. 52079.

544 S.W.2d 139 (1976)

George A. JONES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Patterson, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough, Alvin M. Titus and Charles C. Cate, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

In a trial before a jury on an indictment for murder, appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. See V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 19.04. Punishment was assessed at ten years.

The record reflects that at about 4:00 o'clock in the morning of August 20, 1974, in front of appellant's home in Houston, appellant shot deceased three times with a shotgun causing the death of deceased. Mrs. Lydia Johnson, a State's witness...

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