Stanley v. State

'Hast, C. J.

M. E. Stanley prosecutes this appeal to reverse a judgment of conviction against bim for the crime of involuntary manslaughter. Under the evidence adduced by the State, the jury would have been warranted in finding the defendant guilty of a higher degree of homicide. According to the evidence adduced by the defendant, the killing was done in self-defense. Inasmuch as no reversal of the judgment is urged because the evidence is not sufficient to support the verdict, we do not deem it necessary to abstract the evidence.

The first assignment of error relates to the admission of the…