Harris v. State

BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

Appellant-defendant was indicted on June 8, 1973, for manslaughter in the second degree. The jury convicted him therefor and sentenced him to imprisonment in the county jail for one month.

The indictment alleges that Hazel Mae Pitts, the victim, was riding as a passenger in an automobile with the defendant when the tragedy described in the indictment occurred. The date of the alleged tragedy, averred in the indictment, was to-wit, October 2, 1971. Thus, it appears that more than one year intervened between the date of the alleged homicide and…