Court Opinion

ID: 9773041
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 17:35:26.641299+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:43:35.999267
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CLINTON, Judge,
dissenting.
In this cause the majority practically states what was implied in Gonzales v. State (Tex.Cr.App., No. 1148-84, delivered this day), viz., that in order for it to be said that the evidence raises voluntary manslaughter there must now be “direct evidence specifically showing that appellant was acting under sudden passion.” Slip op. at p. 4. For reasons elaborated in my dissenting opinion in Gonzales, I strenuously dissent to this unconscionable usurpation of the jury’s prerogative.
ONION, P.J., not participating.
TEAGUE, J., joins.