Hannah v. State

The appellant, Richie Hannah, was indicted for the murder of Rufus Fontaine and Curtis Johnson, which cases were consolidated for trial. He was found guilty of manslaughter in each case, and was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in each case, with these sentences to run consecutively.

The appellant, on the date in question, had been involved in a dice game in which he has lost a substantial amount of money. The appellant became upset, pointed a gun at Flavius Henderson, and the gun "just went off." No one was hit by the shot and the other players appeared to be in shock. The appellant then…