Capps v. State

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

This is an infanticide case in which the jury found the mother-defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter and fixed her punishment at confinement for not less than two nor more than two years in the State Penitentiary. Judgment has been duly entered on the verdict and appeal by court-appointed counsel seasonably perfected.

There are three assignments of error made contending the verdict and judgment are contrary to the law. These assignments will be dealt with after a brief resume of the facts found in the record.

The father of the deceased twenty-month old daughter related…