Jackson v. State

COLEMAN, Justice.

Petitioner, Hamilton Green Jackson, tried on an indictment charging first degree murder, was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree. He appealed to the Court of Appeals, where the judgment was affirmed, and now applies for certiorari.

The petition specifies four grounds. The first ground is that the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the action of the trial court in refusing requested charge, A-l, which is as follows:

“I charge you, Gentlemen of the Jury, that unless you are convinced by the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the killing was not the result of a…