Allen v. State

Bell, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.

On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in not granting his motion for directed verdict of acquittal and that the trial court’s failure to give the jury instructions on involuntary manslaughter, which he requested, constituted reversible error. Held:

1. The defendant, his daughter, the deceased, and another woman, Irma Foster, were all present in defendant’s kitchen. Foster and the daughter engaged in some heated conversation. The daughter left and went to an adjoining bedroom. Foster followed her into the bedroom to…