Coley v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

Gladys Coley appeals her conviction of voluntary manslaughter, enumerating as error the general grounds and the trial court’s charge on justification. For reasons which follow, we reverse.

Responding to a call reporting an assault, Officer Allen Brantley discovered Coley at her aunt’s home, clad in a nightgown, her arms bathed in blood, and bleeding from her hand. He learned that Coley *469arrived at the home naked and had been beating on the door for help. Brantley described Coley as “uncontrollable” and uncooperative with the emergency medical technicians. He also testified that he…