Crump v. State

SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Archie Crump, Jr. was charged by indictment with the crime of murder and was tried on that charge in the Circuit Court of Monroe County. The jury returned a verdict finding Crump guilty of manslaughter and he was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with 5 years suspended “for good behavior.”

There is very little material dispute in the evidence.

The homicide out of which the prosecution and conviction arose occurred under the following circumstances. On the fatal day, one Sarter, stopped at Crump’s home and a conversation ensued between him and Crump, in…