Corder v. State

HARWOOD, Judge. '

This appellant was indicted for murder in the second degree, and by a jury found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. His punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of five years.

The evidence is undisputed that appellant killed the deceased, Isiah Benton, by shooting him with a shotgun in the fore part of the head. The scene of the shooting was the home of the appellant who was standing on his front porch when he fired the gun. The deceased fell so that his head and one arm was resting on the low porch.

From this point on there is conflict…