Whether evidence of former provocation is material in a Sudden Passion case and whether the legal standard was correctly applied in the analysis of self-defense

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. In the review of a Sudden Passion case, is all evidence of former provocation immaterial? 2. Trial transcript shows evidence was removed from the scene . by the accusers of the defendant. Previous Court of Appeals have decided that packing tape is a deadly weapon. Was the divide and conquer" approach used, a legally sufficient guidepost into the analysis of a self-defense case? 3. Was the legal standard correctly applied in the analysis ; of this sudden passion case? :