Simmons v. State

BUFORD, J.:

Appellant, being indicted, charged with the crime of murder in the first degree, was, on trial, convicted of manslaughter.

• After careful consideration, we find only one reversible error in the record.

It might have been necessary for us to discuss some other alleged errors if the appellant had been convicted of a higher degree of unlawful homicide than manslaughter, but the verdict of guilty of manslaughter was an acquittal of any higher degree of unlawful homicide and, therefore, eliminates all questions except those applicable to such conviction.

The accused requested the court to…