Armstrong v. State

LILES, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant was charged with second degree murder. He was tried by jury and found guilty of manslaughter. He was subsequently adjudicated to be guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of ten years in state prison. He appeals the judgment and assigns as error the court’s refusal to allow evidence of the violent and dangerous character of the deceased to be presented to the jury.

According to the record the only relevant evidence the judge refused to allow was the details of how the appellant had been previously shot. He allowed the appellant to testify that he had…