Morris v. State

RATLIFF, Presiding Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

J.W. Morris appeals his conviction of voluntary manslaughter in violation of Ind. Code 35-42-1-3 (Supp.1979) 1 after trial by jury in the Henry Circuit Court. We affirm.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

The facts most favorable to the state show that on November 25, 1978, Johnny Ray Jones (Jones), Dana Morris, and the defendant set out from defendant’s mother’s home to go to the home of Alma Ar-buckle where the defendant’s father was living. Jones carried Dana Morris’s shotgun. Soon thereafter, the bedroom window of Arbuckle’s house was shot out by a shotgun…