Williams v. State

This is an appeal from the Marion Criminal Court, Division Two. Appellant was charged by indictment with the crime of murder in the second degree, Ind. Ann. Stat. § 10-8404 (1956 Repl.) and, after jury trial, was found guilty of manslaughter. Ind. Ann. Stat. § 10-8405 (1956 Repl.). The verdict did not indicate whether the jury considered appellant guilty of voluntary manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter. Where trial is upon an indictment for murder, there may be a conviction for either voluntary or involuntary manslaughter. Romeo v. State (1930), 203 Ind. 116, 173 N. E. 324; Pigg v. State…