Court Opinion

ID: 9725240
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 11:36:33.481082+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:12.792124
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Dissenting Opinion
Jackson, J.
— I cannot agree with the, conclusions reached in the majority opinion and therefore dissent thereto.
The principal of law enunciated in and relied upon by the majority opinion, is on the state of facts disclosed by the record, inapplicable to the case at bar'.
The judgment of conviction should be reversed and the cause remanded with instructions to grant the motion for a new trial.
Dissenting Opinion
Myers, J.
— My dissent is based upon two grounds. First, in my opinion, the circumstances as shown by the record in this case do not support a reasonable in*250ference of malice. Miller v. State (1962), 242 Ind. 678, 181 N. E. 2d 633.
Secondly, such evidence as there was could only indicate that the homicide was committed in sudden heat caused by such provocation as by law reduced the killing to the grade of manslaughter. See instructions approved by this court in McDermott v. State (1883), 89 Ind. 187, 193.
I would reverse the judgment, with instructions to enter a judgment finding appellant guilty of manslaughter. Ritchie v. State (1963), 243 Ind. 614, 189 N. E. 2d 575.