Holloway v. State

PRICE, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of manslaughter in the first degree, under an indictment charging her with murder in the first degree. Her punishment was fixed at five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The evidence is without dispute that deceased, Eugene Kirby, died as the result of a stab wound in the chest, inflicted by defendant.

According to the testimony for the State, appellant was found by the officers sitting on the ground alongside the road with deceased’s head in her lap and blood spurting from the wound. The appellant was taken to the City Hall where…