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SANDERS v. STATE

No. 60854.

632 S.W.2d 346 (1982)

Maurice SANDERS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

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

May 12, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence B. Mitchell, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty. and John H. Hagler, Jim Walker and Rick Russell, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

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

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder. A Dallas County jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The trial court assessed punishment at ten years in the Texas Department of Corrections.1

The State's evidence showed that on November 16, 1977, after midnight, appellant was involved in an argument by a pool table in a Dallas beer joint. During the argument, appellant was struck with a pool cue...

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