CUELLAR v. STATE

No. 59894.

613 S.W.2d 494 (1981)

Manuel CUELLAR, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aubrey L. Roberts, Jr., Sweetwater, for appellant.

Frank Ginzel, Dist. Atty., and Russell Carroll, Asst. Dist. Atty., Colorado City, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before TOM G. DAVIS, McCORMICK and TEAGUE, JJ.


OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of voluntary manslaughter. Following the finding of guilt, the jury assessed punishment at ten years.

In appellant's initial ground of error, he contends that the prosecutor's questions as to his post arrest silence as to a knife and gun that the deceased had was a violation of his constitutional rights under the due process clause to the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States...

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