Billings v. State

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The evidence showed that the victim died from a gunshot wound. There was no dispute concerning the source of the wound: the victim was shot by a gun held by appellant.

1. Appellant’s first enumeration of error raises the general grounds. Our review of the evidence shows that there was sufficient evidence for a jury to find that appellant and the victim argued and that, as the victim ran away, appellant shot him in the back, causing his death. That evidence “... convinces us that a rational trier…