Whitsett v. State

Plaintiff-in-error, Whitsett, hereinafter called, defendant, concedes his guilt of voluntary manslaughter in shooting Robert McPhearson, but insists that the evidence does not support the jury’s verdict of second degree murder. The State’s rather able insistence is to the contrary.

For about six years preceding the commencement of the events which ended in the death of McPhearson, defendant and his wife appear to have enjoyed a reasonably happy marriage. Then deceased and his wife moved into the community about two years before the homicide and became next door farm neighbors of defendant and…