State v. Bozarth

DALTON, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged with mur■der in the first degree in an information filed in the Circuit Court of Daviess County •on October 23, 1959. Thereafter, the cause went on change of venue to Caldwell County, where, after change of judge, the cause was tried to a jury before Honorable Frank D. Connett of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, sitting as special judge. On June 29, 1961, the jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty of manslaughter, but was unable to agree on the punishment. Thereafter the court assessed defendant’s punishment at ten years’ imprisonment, and he…