Williams v. State

Banke, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for murder and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. On appeal, he contends that the court erred in failing to charge the jury on self-defense and accident.

The appellant shot the victim in the chest with a pistol. Testifying in his own behalf at trial, he described the incident as follows: “We knocked [the pistol] around a couple of times on the ground. I grabbed the end of the gun, the handle part. Jap [the victim] grabbed my hand, and tried to twist it to the right. I twisted it back this way and snatched it. . . When Jap snatched the gun, I fired…