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Ben Cannon Wherry was indicted for manslaughter but convicted by a Rusk County jury of criminally negligent homicide, with a six-year prison sentence. He appealed, challenging the legal sufficiency of the evidence for both the guilt and deadly-weapon findings, and alleging trial court error in admitting hearsay statements. The Court of Appeals affirmed the jury's findings, concluding that sufficient evidence supported the conviction and deadly-weapon finding, and that Wherry's hearsay arguments lacked merit or were harmless. However, the court modified the trial court's judgment to correctly reflect the offense as a state jail felony, rather than a third-degree felony, and affirmed the judgment as modified.
Ben Cannon Wherry v. State is a workers' compensation case decided in Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana). This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
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Ben Cannon Wherry was indicted for manslaughter but convicted by a Rusk County jury of criminally negligent homicide, with a six-year prison sentence. He appealed, challenging the legal sufficiency of the evidence for both the guilt and deadly-weapon findings, and alleging trial court error in admitting hearsay statements. The Court of Appeals affirmed the jury's findings, concluding that sufficient evidence supported the conviction and deadly-weapon finding, and that Wherry's hearsay arguments lacked merit or were harmless. However, the court modified the trial court's judgment to correctly reflect the offense as a state jail felony, rather than a third-degree felony, and affirmed the judgment as modified.
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