AUSTIN v. STATE

No. 12-84-0231-CR.

712 S.W.2d 591 (1986)

Terry Leon AUSTIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

May 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Sloan, Longview, for appellant.

Jerome H. Ferguson, III, Dallas, for appellee.


BILL BASS, Justice:

The jury convicted appellant of involuntary manslaughter and assessed punishment at three and one-half years in prison. He contends that the court erred when it denied his motion for a mistrial after the prosecutor made an improper jury argument at the punishment phase and when it admitted into evidence a conversation between him and a police officer in violation of Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. arts. 38.22, 38.24 (Vernon 1979). We affirm.

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