Stanley v. Commonwealth

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of murder and .•given a life sentence. Her principal contention on this appeal is that the court erred in failing to give an instruction on voluntary manslaughter.

One evening appellant and a friend she had been dating, Wade Taylor, were occupying a room in a motel. She had been drinking beer and he had been drinking whiskey. With her own pistol she shot Taylor six times, causing his death.

The only eyewitness to the incident was appellant, who testified at the trial. She stated that while she was seated on the bed, Taylor was attempting to fix the…