COIT v. STATE

No. 05-81-00393-CR.

629 S.W.2d 263 (1982)

Joe COIT, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Discretionary Review Refused June 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Parks, Dallas, for appellant.

R. Kristin Weaver, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, for appellee.

Before TED Z. ROBERTSON, STEPHENS and VANCE, JJ.


STEPHENS, Justice.

Joe Coit, Jr. was tried and convicted by a jury of the offense of murder, and his penalty was assessed at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for a period of thirty years. Appellant presents four grounds of error in this appeal. He contends that he should have been granted his timely request for a charge on the law of voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, and involuntary manslaughter, and that the jury charge is fundamentally...

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