Wallace v. State

LOWDERMILK, Presiding Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendant-appellant Victor Wallace (Wallace) brings this appeal after a jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. 1

We affirm.

FACTS

On June 29, 1978, Wallace was babysitting for Devona Stinson, the two-year-old daughter of his girlfriend, Deborah Stinson. Deborah returned home between midnight and 1:00 a. m.; Wallace was watching television in the living room, and Devona was in bed in the bedroom. When Deborah checked on her daughter a few minutes before 5:00 a. m., she discovered that Devo-na was dead.

Dr. Albert Venables testified that,…