Jordan v. State

Appellant, Selmer Jordan, was charged by information with murder in the first degree, alleged to have been committed by shooting George W. Renfro to death. The trial jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter and assessed his punishment at'two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. This appeal followed.

Appellant has not filed a brief.

Ill his motion for a new trial, he alleged, that (1) the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict, (2) the court erred in giving eacJi of the instructions 1 to 23, inclusive, on behalf of the State over his objection and exceptions, (3) in…