Henderson v. State

Deen, Chief Judge.

The manner in which Roy Mathews ejected a drunken woman from his bar and grill apparently offended the defendant’s uncle and an argument between the two men ensued. The defendant intervened by grabbing a pistol from a holster on Mathews’ hip. Shots rang out, Mathews was hit three times by bullets and he died shortly thereafter. Leroy Henderson brings this appeal from his conviction by a jury of voluntary manslaughter.

1. Appellant first contends that the trial court erred in refusing to give his requested charge on involuntary manslaughter in the commission of a misdemeanor.…