GIBSON v. STATE

No. 01-83-0613-CR.

673 S.W.2d 352 (1984)

James Kevin GIBSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

June 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Stanley Topek, Houston, for appellant.

Russell Lloyd, Houston, for appellee.

Before JACK SMITH, BASS and COHEN, JJ.


OPINION

JACK SMITH, Justice.

A jury found the appellant guilty of the offense of murder and the trial court assessed his punishment at forty years confinement. The appellant raises five grounds of error, alleging that the trial court erred in failing to order a presentence investigation report prior to sentencing; in failing to include an instruction on voluntary manslaughter; in allowing the State to impeach its own witness; in allowing the criminal record...

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