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.