Syms v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Syms appeals from a conviction of voluntary manslaughter.

1. Syms contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for new trial on the basis that the verdict was contrary to law and lacked sufficiency of evidence.

Appellant was dating the ex-wife of the deceased, Elton Mobley. Syms felt that Mobley was upset and was harassing him because of this. On March 7, 1981, he went to the apartment where Mobley was staying to talk about his relationship with the victim’s former wife and after some discussion, the victim pushed Syms into a chair, sat down on the couch, and…