GUERRA v. STATE

No. 13-81-371-CR.

676 S.W.2d 181 (1984)

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

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

August 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Reynaldo Cantu, Jr., Dist. Atty., Brownsville, Robert Huttash, State Prosecuting Atty., Austin, for appellee.

Before YOUNG, BISSETT, and KENNEDY, JJ.


OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for involuntary manslaughter. Punishment was assessed by the trial court at seven years. On original submission, we held that certain statements made by a witness (Officer Jesus Alaniz) had no probative value because 1) the witness had testified that he had no independent recollection of the statements, and 2) the State did not properly introduce the police report, from which the statements were...

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