King v. State

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellant Donald C. King seeks to set aside his manslaughter conviction on the basis of evidence discovered after the verdict. We find no merit in the contention.

The record shows two altercations between appellant and the decedent, his brother, on the date of the killing. The first altercation occurred while their mother and another brother were present. After that altercation was broken up and the decedent had started to watch television the brother and the mother departed. Thereafter appellant shot decedent at close range with a shotgun. To bolster his contention that…