Gaddis v. State

HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

Under an indictment charging murder in the second degree, this appellant’s jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree.

The evidence presented by the State tended to show that about 8:00 P. M. Mildred Hand, widow of the deceased, and Safronia Kelley, James Meadows, and the appellant were standing in a country road in Coosa County talking.

According to Mildred Hand the deceased approached the group, and he and appellant started talking. There had been no trouble. She did not see or hear the deceased slap or hit the…