Fields v. State

The defendant,, Walter Fields, was charged with the crime of murder of one Jerry Miller. He was tried, convicted of first degree manslaughter, and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.

The sufficiency of the evidence to warrant the jury in finding the defendant guilty and fixing his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary is not questioned. The contention of error is based on other grounds.

In his first three assignments of error, in his brief, the defendant urges that the court erred in its instructions 8, 9, and 10, on the theory that instruction No. 8 did not properly present the…