State v. Grippon

BURNETT, Justice:

Appellant challenges his voluntary manslaughter conviction on the ground the trial judge’s charge on circumstantial evidence erroneously diluted the State’s burden of proof. We ■ disagree and affirm.

FACTS

Around 6:30 a.m. on December 4, 1996, appellant stabbed Harold Singleton. According to appellant, he awoke at his home to find Singleton standing over him. Singleton tried to rape him. The two men fought, and appellant stabbed Singleton in the leg with a knife he kept near his bed. The fight *81moved into the kitchen where appellant then stabbed Singleton in the back causing his…