Taylor v. State

POWELL, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Theodore Taylor, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted in the district court of Oklahoma County of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree. The information charged him with the murder of Virgil Parrish by means of a knife. Punishment was fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of ten years.

For reversal counsel asserts that evidence to sustain the conviction is insufficient and that the punishment assessed is excessive, but these propositions are not argued. In fact, the evidence is not abstracted, as…