Alabama Court of Appeals May 16, 1961, 7 Div. 611 (Jackson v. State)

lead-opinion

CATES, Judge.

Jessie Mae Jackson appeals from her conviction of voluntary manslaughter for killing her husband, Odell Jackson, by shooting him with a pistol. The jury fixed her punishment at five years in the penitentiary.

According to the State’s evidence, the Jacksons had got into a quarrel on Saturday night, February 14, 1959, because of his jealousy.