Jackson v. State

The indictment in this ease charges that Unis Jackson committed the offense of murder by shooting Myrtle Lou Walker with a gun. The jury found the defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and the exception here is to. the overruling of his motion for a new trial.

Special ground 1 complains that the court “erred in failing to charge the jury the law applicable to the offense of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act.” There was no request to give such charge.

As introductory to a presentation of the facts more directly applicable to the question under consideration, we…