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

Summary

The Court 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 appellant’s murder conviction and remanded with instructions to enter a judgment of acquittal. In reaching this result the Court overruled the prior holding in Paige v. State and rejected the Braudrick construction that treated sudden passion as a defense to murder. A concurrence and a dissent were filed.