Smith v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Melody Louise Fletcher Smith was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years with ten to serve. She brings this appeal enumerating three asserted errors.

The facts relevant to this appeal when viewed in the light most supportive of the verdict would have authorized the jury to find the following sequence of events. Smith and her live-in companion (Hooper) went to a “night club” for an evening’s entertainment. Several events had occurred during the several days prior to the evening out that precipitated an argument between the two. Smith and her…