Demps v. State

Marshall, Judge.

Appellant Demps appeals his conviction of the offense of voluntary manslaughter and a sentence of ten years, comprised of six years confinement followed by four years probation. He enumerates as error portions of the charge of the court and that the conviction is against the weight of the evidence. Held:

1. In his first two enumerations of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in mixing a charge on the principles of justifiable homicide together with a charge on the law of voluntary manslaughter, and in failing, sua sponte, to reinstruct on the theory of…