Latham v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Robert Latham, Jr., was tried for the murder of Willie Kaigler and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. On appeal, he asserts he was entitled to a directed verdict or new trial because “there was no evidence sufficient to overcome a reasonable doubt that appellant acted otherwise than in self-defense”; and he complains of the admission of evidence that he had been free-basing cocaine prior to the incident. Held:

1. Appellant stabbed Willie Kaigler in the parking lot of Kaigler’s apartment. There were four eyewitnesses. The evidence varies somewhat among the witnesses because of…