Howell v. State

Eberhardt, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder, carrying a pistol without a license, and for carrying a concealed weapon. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and of the two weapon charges, sentenced to 14 years on the manslaughter charge with 12 months to follow on the other counts, moved for a new trial, from the overruling of which he appeals.

1. Under the State’s evidence the defendant was clearly guilty of the offense of murder or of voluntary manslaughter. It was shown that he had made threats against the deceased shortly before the shooting, that he followed the deceased from…