Lord v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for the murder of her husband and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. She appeals.

1. Appellant enumerates as error the trial court’s charge to the jury on the offense of voluntary manslaughter. Appellant contends that the charge was not authorized by the evidence.

The evidence showed that both appellant and the victim had been drinking on the day of the killing. The couple engaged in a violent argument, and the victim knocked appellant to the floor. He then threw appellant into a bedroom and would not allow her to leave. During the altercation,…