CLARK, Judge.
Defendant, indicted and tried for murder of her husband's innamorata, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. Appellant asserts the trial court erred in charging the jury on the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. Held:
"On the trial of a murder case, if there be any evidence, however slight, as to whether the offense is murder or voluntary manslaughter, instruction as to the law of both offenses should be given the jury...
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