Taylor v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Only the second and third headnotes need elaboration.

Special ground 2 of the motion for a new trial is as follows: “Because the court failed to charge the jury on the law of involuntary manslaughter, and the defendant’s statement, taken as a whole, demanded a charge on involuntary manslaughter.” An examination of the evidence in this case clearly shows that there is nothing in it upon which the jury could base a verdict of involuntary manslaughter. Where one voluntarily stabs another and death results, the homicide can not be involuntary. The evidence…