Watson v. State

Under an indictment for murder the accused was convicted of the statutory offense of shooting at another. He makes the point, in a motion to arrest the judgment, that such a finding was not legally possible under the indictment upon which he was arraigned. The question, therefore, to be determined is whether under this indictment it was possible, under any conceivable state of facts, for the accused to have been convicted of the offense of shooting at another. Or, to state it differently, can a person ever be convicted, under an indictment for murder or manslaughter, of an offense not…