Crawford v. State

HARWOOD, Judge.

This appellant stands convicted of manslaughter in the first degree under an indictment charging her with murder in the first degree.

Other than appellant there were no eye witnesses to this homicide. The State’s case was therefore dependent to a large degree upon circumstantial evidence.

The appellant admitted stabbing the deceased with a knife, but her testimony tended to establish self-defense.

The defense introduced evidence directed toward showing two prior serious and unprovoked assaults by the deceased upon the appellant.

Pertaining to this phase the trial court orally…