Campbell v. State

Wyatt, Justice.

Counsel for the plaintiff in error have expressly abandoned the general grounds of the motion for new-trial.

The principal question for decision concerns the court’s failure to charge the law of voluntary manslaughter. Counsel for the accused filed a timely written request to charge on the law of voluntary manslaughter. This request was couched in almost the exact language of the Code, § 26-1006, as it pertains to voluntary manslaughter, and contained all the ingredients of that crime as defined by that section of the Code. The court did not charge the request, nor the law of…