Ford v. State

CARROLL, Judge.

The defendant below appeals his conviction of manslaughter, which resulted when he was tried under an indictment for murder in the first degree. The state’s evidence showed the defendant walked up to an automobile in which the victim and another person were present; that he had a shotgun in his possession; that the gun was discharged, and the charge struck and killed the victim.

The defendant testified to certain past quarrels or “violent exchanges” between him and the victim, and on the basis of the evidence the court included a charge of self-defense in the charges given to…