GUERRA v. STATE

No. 13-81-371-CR.

654 S.W.2d 25 (1983)

Placido GUERRA, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Walsh, Walsh & Associates, Brownsville, for appellant.

Reynaldo Cantu, Jr., Dist. Atty., Brownsville, for appellee.

Before BISSETT, YOUNG and KENNEDY, JJ.


OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

Placido Guerra appeals from his conviction by a jury of involuntary manslaughter wherein his punishment was assessed by the trial court at imprisonment for seven years. We reverse.

The evidence shows that the victim, Celso Rodriguez, died from an abdominal hemorrhage resulting from the rupture of his liver and spleen. The injury was characteristic of blunt trauma. The victim's mother said that not long before his death her...

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