Howard v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Defendant was indicted for murder and, following a jury trial, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. On appeal, for the reason stated in Division 5 of this opinion, we reverse the judgment.

1. Appellant challenges his conviction on the general grounds. Sufficient evidence to authorize the conviction is set forth in Division 5 of this opinion (see, e.g., Eason v. State, 217 Ga. 831 (2) (125 SE2d 488)). Accordingly, this enumeration affords no ground for reversal.

2. Over appellant’s objection that the state was improperly interjecting the appellant’s character into evidence,…