Cribb v. State

The general grounds are to the effect that the verdict should be set aside because the evidence does not warrant a verdict for voluntary manslaughter. While we have not attempted to set out all the evidence, in our opinion we have set out a sufficiency to show that the evidence sustains the verdict for manslaughter, either under the doctrine of irresistible passion or mutual combat. It is certainly sufficient to raise a doubt as to the principle of manslaughter under either theory. In such event it was the duty of the trial judge to submit the doctrine of manslaughter and let the jury…