CONSTANCIO v. STATE

No. 3-81-118-CR.

643 S.W.2d 153 (1982)

Santos CONSTANCIO, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Thomas O'Hanlon, Feeney, O'Hanlon & Moore, P.C., Austin (court-appointed), for appellant.

Ronald Earle, Dist. Atty., Philip A. Nelson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Austin, for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, C.J., and EARL SMITH and BRADY, JJ.


EARL SMITH, Justice.

Santos Constancio, Jr., was indicted for murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a jury trial in the 126th District Court, Travis County. Punishment was assessed at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for 10 years.

On appeal, appellant contends the trial court erred in three respects: (1) by failing to charge the jury on the law of defense of third persons; (2) by failing to give instructions to the jury limiting...

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