Thompkins v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and he appeals.

1. Appellant contends the trial court erred by giving an instruction on voluntary manslaughter, because there was no evidence that the killing in this case was the result of a sudden, violent and irresistible passion resulting from serious provocation.

Appellant’s girl friend, Dorothy Walker, had dated Arthur Little, the victim, for a period of about two months about a year before the incident involved here. She later started going with appellant, who was spending the night at Walker’s house on the night of the…