Addison v. State

Hall, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from her conviction for voluntary manslaughter and from the denial of her motion for a new trial.

Defendant was indicted for the murder of her .husband with a butcher knife late on a Christmas night. It appears that they had been entertaining most of the day, with a typical holiday dinner, quite a bit of drinking, and friends coming and going. One couple, the Floyds, were staying the night. The various accounts of the evening tend to indicate that defendant was sober and her husband well on the way to being drunk. They and the Floyds prepared to retire…