Lamp v. State

It is well settled that the jury has the right to believe a part of the defendant’s statement and to reject all other parts, and that if any part of the statement authorizes a charge on the law of manslaughter, such a charge should be given by the court. In the instant ease the defendant, in his statement to the jury, said that when he met the deceased at the time of the killing, the deceased, without any provocation from the defendant, said to him: “You are a God damn lie and a son of a bitch; I’ll cut your God damn throat;” that immediately thereafter the deceased advanced upon him with a…