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PRENGER v. STATE

No. 14-02-00715-CR.

108 S.W.3d 501 (2003)

John Patrick PRENGER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston [14th Dist.].

May 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. Bankston, Richmond, J., for appellant.

David Christopher Newell, Richmond, for appellee.

Panel consists of Chief Justice BRISTER and Justices FOWLER and FROST.

OPINION

WANDA McKEE FOWLER, Justice.

A jury found appellant John Patrick Prenger guilty of manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend's four-year-old son, Cody Barree. The child died of asphyxiation some time after appellant wrapped him in a blanket and secured it with belts at his chest and feet, apparently in an effort to control the child's behavior. Appellant was sentenced to twenty years' confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional...

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