Wilcox v. State

Frankie Lois Wilcox was indicted for murder, tried in the Superior Court of Irwin County, found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to from two to three years.

The defendant excepted to the following excerpt from the charge of the court to the jury, upon the ground that the charge restricted the determination of the jury to the evidence, so as to exclude their consideration of the defendant’s statement: “The defendant in this case has contended before the jury that, on the occasion under investigation, a felony was then and there committed upon her person by the deceased and that…