Griffin v. State

*562DIRECT APPEAL

SULLIVAN, Justice.

A jury found Jack Griffin, Jr., guilty of Murder.1 Griffin appeals his conviction in part on grounds that the trial court erroneously refused to give a voluntary manslaughter instruction. We agree that this was reversible error.

Instruction on Voluntary Manslaughter

Griffin tendered instructions that defined voluntary manslaughter and sudden heat. The trial court ruled there was no evidence that Griffin acted under sudden heat and refused the tendered instructions. Griffin argues that the failure of the trial court to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter…