Stewart v. State

This appeal is by the defendant from conviction of manslaughter, for which a ten-year imprisonment sentence was imposed. The information filed against him was for second degree murder. The defendant waived trial by jury, and the case was tried before the court.

The appellant contends the conviction was unwarranted because the evidence showed the killing was in self-defense. The evidence on that issue, as presented in testimony of witnesses for the state and for the defendant, was in conflict. In addition, the defendant testified to certain facts of the occurrence which tended to show that the…