State v. Hamm, Unpublished Decision (3-17-1998)

OPINION

Appellant Billie Hamm, Jr. is appealing his conviction, by the Richland County Court of Common Pleas, for one count of voluntary manslaughter. The facts giving rise to this appeal are as follows.

On September 12, 1996, appellant and the victim, Billie Durfee, had been drinking. In the early morning hours of September 13, 1996, a fight occurred between the two men. At trial, the witnesses' testimony varied concerning the fatal confrontation. At the conclusion of the evidence, the trial court instructed the jury on the offense of murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter…