Montgomery v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and filed the instant appeal.

The evidence disclosed that appellant had been having an affair with Geneva Hughes, the victim, for two years. The afternoon of Hughes’ death appellant came to her home with a pistol in his pocket. They went in the kitchen and Hughes’ mother heard her daughter say, “Don’t shoot me,” and the elder Mrs. Hughes went in the kitchen. She saw appellant throw Geneva on the floor, and at the same time he dropped his pistol. Appellant struck Geneva several times and recovered his pistol. Mrs. Hughes threw…