Norman Lee Bradley, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that voluntary manslaughter is not a lesser included offense of murder unless the evidence raises the issue of sudden passion, and therefore reversed the conviction and remanded for a judgment of acquittal. The court also overruled Paige v. State on this point. A concurring opinion by Judge Miller agreed with the result but emphasized the legislative confusion surrounding the relationship between murder and voluntary manslaughter.