Webb v. State

MELTON, Justice.

Following a jury trial, Romell Renath Webb was convicted of malice murder in connection with the stabbing death of James McMurtry. Webb appeals, contending that the trial court erred in excluding from trial evidence of the victim’s alcohol consumption, admitting into evidence Webb’s custodial statement, compelling Webb’s wife to testify at trial, and failing to properly charge the jury on involuntary manslaughter and other matters. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the record shows that, on February 8, 2005, McMurtry…