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POWERS v. STATE

No. 06-98-00034-CR.

985 S.W.2d 596 (1999)

David Eugene POWERS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

January 7, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Tatum, Holt & Tatum, Nacogdoches, for appellant.

Nicole D. Lostracco, Assistant District Attorney, Tim James, District Attorney's Office, Nacogdoches, for appellee.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., GRANT and ROSS, JJ.

OPINION

ROSS, Justice.

David Eugene Powers appeals his conviction for manslaughter, contending that the trial court erred in: (1) receiving and accepting a fatally defective jury verdict finding him guilty of the offense of involuntary manslaughter; (2) substituting its judgment of manslaughter for the jury's uncorrected verdict of involuntary manslaughter; and (3) failing to define "reasonable doubt" in the punishment charge.

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