People v. McMurry

Defendant-Appellant was indicted on four counts of murder and one count of voluntary manslaughter. The jury returned a verdict finding him guilty on the manslaughter count, but returned no verdict on the murder counts.

Defendant’s principal contention is that the evidence' failed to sustain the charge of voluntary manslaughter. This count of the indictment alleged that the defendant:

“. . . committed the offense of voluntary manslaughter, in that he, acting under a sudden and intense passion, resulting from serious provocation by Henry Louis Clauds, did stab and kill the said Henry Louis Clauds…