Love v. State

209 S.W. 660, 85 Tex. Crim. 30, 1919 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 110

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 12, 1919
• Docket: No. 5294.
• Status: Published

Opinion

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, his punishment being, assessed at four years confinement .in the penitentiary.

His contention is that the evidence did not justify the court in submitting the issue of manslaughter, and that the verdict is not supported by the facts. There were no exceptions reversed to the charge of the court. Under the recent case of Borrer v. State, 204 S. W. Rep., 1003, this court held that the court was not in error in submitting the issue of manslaughter when the facts may have only showed self-defense, or murder as there was no exception to the charge of the court. This court held under those circumstances appellant could not take advantage of the supposed error in court’s charge. For a discussion of that matter we refer to the Borrer case, supra. We are not in position however to hold that had an exception been reserved, the issue of manslaughter was not in the case. It would serve no practical purpose to review the testimony under the circumstances of this case.

The judgment will be affirmed.

Affirmed.