Columbus v. State

Banke, Judge.

Defendant was indicted for murder, convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to serve a sentence of 10 years. He contends on appeal that the state failed to prove the corpus delicti of the homicide. Held:

1. The evidence, while in some conflict, amply supports the jury’s finding that the victim died of a gunshot wound intentionally inflicted by the defendant. The first enumeration of error is without merit.

2. Defendant enumerates as error the court’s charge on the issue of mutual combat. He complains in a separate enumeration of error that the charge was too…