DeLEON v. STATE

No. 13-88-626-CR.

776 S.W.2d 750 (1989)

Juan DeLEON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

August 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Gutierrez, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Grant Jones, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before DORSEY, UTTER, and SEERDEN, JJ.


OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

Appellant, Juan DeLeon, was indicted for murder and voluntary manslaughter following the shooting death of the victim, Delia Ochoa. A jury found appellant guilty of voluntary manslaughter and assessed punishment at 20 years' imprisonment plus a fine of $10,000.00. By one point of error, appellant complains of the trial court's failure to charge on involuntary manslaughter. We sustain appellant's sole point of error and reverse the...

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