Owens v. State

WRIGHT, Judge. 1

Defendant appeals from conviction of the crime of murder in the second degree and a sentence of 20 years in the penitentiary.

Appellant assigns as error the additional instructions given to the jury at their request after the jury had retired to consider its verdict.

The matter complained of arose out of the following events: after receiving the case and deliberating for approximately an hour, the jury requested further instructions. The foreman stated that the jury would like to have in writing definition of the four degrees of homicide included in the indictment for first…