OLIVA v. STATE

No. 13-83-094-CR.

663 S.W.2d 656 (1983)

Jose Nasario OLIVA, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

December 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matias Morin, Edinburg, for appellant

Ted Hake, Dist. Atty., Edinburg, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and YOUNG and UTTER, JJ.


OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

In a jury trial, appellant was convicted of murder. Punishment was assessed by the jury at five years imprisonment. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

In his first two grounds of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred by failing to charge the jury on the law of both voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter, thus forcing the jury to choose between...

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