Flannigan v. State

The accused was convicted of murder. The State offered evidence tending to show that the deceased died from a knife wound intentionally inflicted by the accused. The wound was about four and a half inches in depth, deeper than the blade of the knife with which the wound was inflicted, and, in the opinion of the surgeon who examined the deceased, the blade and the jaws of the knife must have been projected in the wound. The accused contended that the homicide was accidental. His statement before the jury and the testimony offered by him tended to show that the accused, the deceased, and one…