Martin v. State

T. L. Martin, with others, was indicted for murder, the person alleged to have been killed being Dennis Hubert. The defendants elected to sever, and the State put Martin on trial. The jury convicted him of voluntary manslaughter. He filed a motion for a new trial, which, after being amended, was overruled, and a writ of error was filed. The special grounds of the motion for a new trial allege error in instructions of the court to the jury. Neither of the excerpts of which complaint is made requires the grant of a new trial, when it is considered in connection with the remainder of the charge…