Cofer v. State

Mobley, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Her motion for new trial was denied, and she excepts. Held:

1. The general grounds were expressly abandoned.

2. The only special ground of the motion for new trial excepts to ' the failure of the trial court, without request, to charge the law of involuntary manslaughter. It is not contended that there was any evidence introduced upon the trial which required a charge on involuntary manslaughter; but it is con tended that the issue was raised by the defendant’s statement to the jury. “Where there is…