Cook v. State

Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree in the circuit court of Conway county for shooting his father and killing him on May 5, 1936, and upon a trial of the charge was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of two years in the- state penitentiary as punishment therefor.

Appellant has duly prosecuted an appeal to this court from the judgment and seeks reversal thereof because he alleges the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction and because the court refused to give instructions Nos. 1 and 2 asked by him.

The rule governing as to whether the…