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GILES v. STATE

No. 60957.

617 S.W.2d 690 (1981)

Ronnie Charles GILES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

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

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. John Allison, Jr., on appeal only, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry M. Wade, Dist. Atty., W. T. Westmoreland, Jr., Paul Macaluso and Sue Lagarde, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ODOM, W. C. DAVIS and McCORMICK, JJ.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed at twenty years.

In his second ground of error appellant contends it was error to refuse his request that a charge on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter be submitted to the jury. The State introduced appellant's confession:

"On a Sunday night near the end of August I was at home when...

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