Hughley v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Appellant and others accompanied the deceased to his home where an altercation developed resulting in a scuffle between appellant and the victim. Appellant fired several shots through a screen door, killing the victim. Appellant was indicted and tried for murder and convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter. After his motion for new trial was denied, he appealed to this court.

1. The first issue raised is that the trial court failed to exclude sua sponte the death certificate (state’s Exhibit No. 8). No objection was offered at the trial to the admission of the death…