Knott v. State

BUSSEY, Judge.

William Francis Knott, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted for the crime of Manslaughter in the First Degree, and appeals.

The single assignment of error urged on appeal is that the trial court erred in failing to give defendant’s requested instruction relating to exculpatory statements.

As part of the State’s case in chief, Officer Tom Yerton testified in part as follows:

“Q. At that time what did he say to you?

A. ‘I [the defendant] killed him, it was an accident. I wish someone would shoot me. I killed him. His ex-wife lives at 542 South Norfolk. I called police.…