Patrick Curtis Havard, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas reversed Patrick Curtis Havard's capital murder conviction and remanded for a new trial, holding that the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. The Court also affirmed the trial court's rulings on directed verdict, venue, venireman excusals, evidentiary admissions, and the sufficiency of evidence for the special issues, noting that those rulings were proper.