WHITEHEAD v. STATE

No. 04-84-00335-CR.

696 S.W.2d 221 (1985)

Lester Eugene WHITEHEAD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

July 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. David Evans, San Antonio, for appellant.

Sam Millsap, Jr., Dist. Atty., Daniel Thornberry, San Antonio, for appellee.

Before ESQUIVEL, CANTU and DIAL, JJ.


OPINION

DIAL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder following a jury trial. The judge assessed punishment at thirty-five years' confinement.

The first ground of error is that the trial court erred in refusing to grant appellant's specially requested charge on voluntariness.

Though his testimony was not without contradiction, the appellant stated that he did not intentionally shoot the deceased, but that the gun went off...

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