Freeman v. State

Andrews, Judge.

John B. Freeman was indicted for the malice murder of his wife, Gail Elaine Freeman. A jury found him guilty of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter.

The State presented evidence that in the course of a domestic dispute between Freeman and his wife, in which both parties were armed with knives, Freeman overpowered and disarmed his wife, then fatally stabbed her. Freeman, who suffered stab wounds inflicted by his wife during the dispute, claimed he did not stab his wife and that the fatal wound was accidental.

1. In his first three enumerations of error, Freeman…