EVANS v. STATE

No. A14-88-00982-CR.

781 S.W.2d 376 (1989)

Michael Anthony EVANS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lana Gordon, Houston, for appellant.

Winston E. Cochran, Jr., Houston, for appellee.

J. CURTISS BROWN, C.J., and JUNELL and DRAUGHN, JJ.


OPINION

JUNELL, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of two murders and assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for forty years on each murder, to run concurrently.

Appellant claims three points of reversible error; one by reason of the trial court's refusal to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter, and the other two alleging improper jury argument. We affirm in part and reverse...

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