Brooks v. State

Gregory, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of the murder of his common-law wife and sentenced to life imprisonment. His sole enumeration of error is that the trial court failed to charge, upon written request, the law of voluntary manslaughter.

The evidence at trial showed that the defendant and victim had been married for seven years. Approximately one month prior to her death, the victim filed for divorce. The defendant subsequently moved into a trailer about a block from the victim’s house. According to the testimony of several witnesses, on numerous occasions the defendant publicly pled…