DEEN, Judge.
1. It is contended in this conviction of voluntary manslaughter under a murder indictment that the state's evidence would have authorized a verdict of murder and the defendant's evidence would have authorized an acquittal, but that there was no evidence to justify an instruction or a conviction on the crime of voluntary manslaughter. We disagree. The deceased was shot while lying in bed, in the presence of his wife; the pistol was on the floor; the wife...
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