Yates v. State

First degree manslaughter; sentence: three years' imprisonment.

Between 10:30 and 11:15 a.m. on December 29, 1979, the appellant shot and killed her husband at her mobile home in Randolph County. The fatal shot, fired from a .22 caliber rifle, struck the victim in the heart. The evidence presented was conflicting and presented a question for the jury. We find the evidence sufficient for the jury to have found the appellant guilty of the instant offense. Consequently, the trial court properly overruled her motion to exclude the State's evidence for failure to prove a prima facie case. Briggs v.…