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MENDIETA v. STATE

No. 2-82-152-CR.

659 S.W.2d 489 (1983)

Joe Laredo MENDIETA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, State.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Discretionary Review Granted March 21, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald S. Gandy, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, for appellee.

Before FENDER, C.J., and JORDAN and ASHWORTH, JJ.

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Joe Laredo Mendieta, was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter and punishment was assessed at forty-five (45) years confinement.

We affirm.

Mendieta asserts in three grounds of error that the trial court (1) erred in refusing to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of criminally negligent homicide, (2) erred in refusing to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of reckless...

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