Paul Jackson Luck, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed the murder conviction, finding no error in the trial court’s handling of perjured testimony, the admission of photographs, the refusal to give a voluntary manslaughter instruction, the self‑defense charge, the res gestae admission of the dismemberment evidence, or the circumstantial‑evidence charge. The State’s motion for rehearing was granted. Justice Phillips, dissenting, argued that the evidence did raise the issue of voluntary manslaughter and that the majority improperly denied that instruction.