Ison v. State

CATES, Judge.

This appeal was submitted May 12, 1966.

From a voluntary manslaughter conviction on a jury verdict, Ison appeals from the resulting judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court. The jury fixed his punishment at eight years in the penitentiary.

I

On the night of Sunday, August 30, 1964, Henry Hall was leaving Don’s 500 Club on the Lower Wetumpka Road near Boylston in Montgomery County. He was a passenger in the car of Mr. Albert Thompson.

As the car was pulling away Mr. Ison, the defendant, flagged it down. He came up to the car on the right side.

The State’s version of the ensuing tragedy…