Calicoat v. State

Opinion in No. 22290, Calicoat v. State.

The appellant (defendant in the circuit court) was indicted for murder, convicted of manslaughter, and by the court sentenced to a term of five years in the penitentiary; from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

*187At the request of the district attorney a manslaughter instruction was given for the state. The appellant shot and killed the deceased with a pistol. He admitted the shooting, but claimed he did it in self-defense. There was no testimony whatever of an altercation between the appellant and the deceased prior to the shooting. No hot words or…