Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Willie Burke Gibson, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee
March 4, 19871987 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 534
Summary
The Court held that the trial court erred by refusing to give a lesser‑included involuntary manslaughter instruction, a preserved error requiring reversal, and that the appellant waived any error concerning the prosecutor's cross‑examination about his prior conviction because no objection was made. Accordingly, the murder conviction was reversed and the case remanded for a new trial.