Wilkinson v. State

Eeluctant as I am to dissent in a case where the majority of the court think the judgment of conviction of felony should be reversed, I am compelled to do so in this ease because of the importance of the principle involved. I think the judgment should be affirmed, regardless of some of the errors committed, because as I see the evidence, the defendant is guilty of manslaughter upon his own version of the killing, and, as the defendant was only convicted of manslaughter, the judgment should be affirmed.

^It is undisputed that the defendant had no authority for the arrest of the deceased, that…