Harris v. State

The defendant was tried on-a charge of murder for the killing of his wife and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The only contention here is that the evidence does not support the verdict for voluntary manslaughter, and that the trial court committed reversible error in submitting voluntary manslaughter to the jury.

Briefly, the facts are that the defendant and his wife were returning to their home from a village several miles away. The car had one seat. The defendant was driving, and his wife, Arlene Harris, was sitting beside him. On the other side of the car seat, Otis Matthews was…