Whitlock v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, with punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary from one year to one year and a day, for causing the death of Scott Jenkins who was hit in the face by the plaintiff in error with his fist, causing Jenkins to fall backwards and strike his head on the pavement.

Through assignments of error it is insisted: (1 and 2) That the evidence preponderates against the verdict: (3) the trial court erred in failing to fully charge the law *524with respect to involuntary manslaughter; (4) the evidence shows that the plaintiff in error struck…