VALENTINE v. STATE

No. 56746.

587 S.W.2d 399 (1979)

Lucille VALENTINE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm R. Sanders, Beaumont, for appellant.

Tom Hanna, Dist. Atty. and T. Michael Sutton, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before DOUGLAS, ROBERTS and ODOM, JJ.


Rehearing En Banc Denied October 24, 1979.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for murder, but the jury found him guilty of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter and assessed punishment at ten years' confinement.

Appellant presents seven grounds of error, all of which complain of the court's charge to the jury at the guilt-innocence phase of the trial. We affirm.

The appellant testified in her behalf...

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