Hill v. State

Deen, Chief Judge.

1. Annie Hill admitted shooting and killing Phyllis Rowland. She was indicted and tried for murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The evidence shows that after an exchange of words between the women in the home of the victim’s boyfriend Hill and other visitors left. Their host attempted to restrain Phyllis Rowland but she broke loose, ran from the house, and appeared to be heading toward the appellant who as the appellant approached between 8 and 40 feet of her, drew a pistol and felled her with a single shot. Complaint is made of jury instructions that after the…