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BURNS v. STATE

No. 13-89-171-CR.

807 S.W.2d 878 (1991)

Sylvester Theodore BURNS, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled May 16, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George O. Jacobs, Houston, for appellant.

Grant Jones, Dist. Atty., James Rosenkild, Asst. Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and BENAVIDES and HINOJOSA, JJ.

OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

On January 31, 1988, appellant, Sylvester Theodore Burns, Jr., and three other individuals, Chad Holland, Catarino Galvan, and Mark Perez, were involved in a one-car accident in which the car driven by appellant went into a spin on a freeway straightaway and rolled over three times. Perez was killed in the accident. Appellant was charged and a jury found him guilty of involuntary manslaughter and assessed punishment at seven years...

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