Reaves v. State

CARR, Judge.

On an indictment charging murder in the second degree, the appellant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree.

In keeping with the verdict of the jury, the trial judge sentenced the defendant to imprisonment in the State penitentiary for a period of twelve months.

Without dispute in the evidence the accused struck the deceased on the head with a hoe. From the effects of the wound death ensued the day following the affray.

• The factual issues center around the inquiry of whether or not the appellant was acting in self defense, as he claimed. On this question the evidence was…