Graham v. State

Clark, Judge.

Defendant was indicted for the offense of voluntary manslaughter in that he shot and killed Jerry Timms, "as the result of a sudden, violent and irresistible passion resulting from serious provocation sufficient to excite such passions in a reasonable person.” (T. 4). At his jury trial, defendant contended that he was justified in the shooting. He also asserted that the killing was the unintended result of an accident. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Defendant appeals from the court’s judgment entered upon that verdict, limiting his single enumeration of error to a segment…