DEEN, Chief Judge.
The defendant, indicted for malice murder (Code § 26-1101 (a)) was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The evidence, which varies considerably in detail, establishes that he and the victim, with others, were playing cards at a card table in the trailer of a witness and were arguing with each other when the defendant took offense at remarks by the victim about his wife. He admittedly fired the fatal shot either in self-defense or in anger....
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