Cornog v. State

Clark, Judge.

After a conviction for voluntary manslaughter under a murder indictment, defendant brought this appeal from the overruling of his new trial motion as amended. In addition to the general grounds there is a special ground averring the trial judge erred in failing to charge on involuntary manslaughter.

The victim was defendant’s wife from whom he was separated. Thereafter friendly and intimate relations existed. This relationship included visitations to the wife’s apartment. The killing occurred during such a visit. The state’s witnesses presented evidence directly in conflict with…