Colvin v. State

Deen, Chief Judge.

The defendants Colvin and Law were jointly indicted for murder and convicted of manslaughter. The evidence on the trial showed that on the day of the homicide they had . driven around in Colvin’s truck drinking beer and had passed the house of the victim Williams, whose divorced wife Colvin had been dating, on four or five occasions. Law, driving Colvin’s truck, went to Law’s father’s home and procured a rifle for the ostensible purpose of going hunting. He then drove to the Williams house and stopped in front of it with motor running; Williams came out and approached the…