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PARR v. STATE

No. 54736.

575 S.W.2d 522 (1978)

J. D. PARR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 1.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1979.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Forbis, Decatur, for appellant.

Jerry W. Woodlock, Dist. Atty., Brock R. Smith, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gainesville, for the State.

Before DOUGLAS, PHILLIPS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.

Rehearing En Banc Denied February 21, 1979.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of involuntary manslaughter. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 19.05(a)(2). Punishment was assessed by the jury at five years' imprisonment.

The evidence adduced at trial revealed that on the evening of July 2, 1974, Mary Elizabeth Finley was struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by the appellant.

Virgil Waldrip testified...

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