Jones v. State

PRICE, Judge.

The indictment charged murder in the second degree. Defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree.

' It was undisputed in the evidence that appellant killed Andrew Spheeris by shooting him with a pistol. A jury question was presented, under the conflicting testimony, as to whether the killing was justified under defendant’s claim of self-defense.

No brief has been filed on appellant’s behalf, but we have carefully searched the record, as we are required to do in criminal cases, and find no reversible error.

The only ruling which merits any discussion is the court’s…