Hickman v. State

Pope, Judge.

James L. Hickman was indicted for murder and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. His enumerations on appeal challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction.

Defendant’s in-custody statement to police recited: “I was coming home on Friday night and I met Otis Sanders on High Street. Otis told me that he was going to get me. Me and Otis had had an argument about two or three weeks ago. Otis pulled out his knife and I hit him with my fist in the face before he had a chance to open the blade. Otis fell down in the street and I stomped him in the face with my…