Walker v. State

PBEFDEBGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter for killing his wife and his punishment fixed at three years in the penitentiary.

He properly filed his plea for a suspended sentence. The court submitted the question to the jury and told them that if they found him guilty and assessed his punishment at five years or less, to find—first, if he had ever been convicted of a felony in this or any other State; second, whether his reputation was good or bad, and if they found both of these questions in the affirmative that they could, in their discretion, if they saw fit,…