McIlveen v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for voluntary manslaughter. Punishment was assessed by the jury at 15 years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, therefore a brief statement of the facts will suffice. Ted Spurgeon, Deputy Sheriff of Freestone County, testified that on September 27, 1974, the appellant walked into the sheriff’s office with a bloody and broken .22 rifle in his hands and stated: “I need some help. I think I killed a man.” Appellant then took Spurgeon and others to a dirt road where the body of Cicero Watts was found lying next to his…