Buttram v. State

On August 28, 1973, on an indictment charging murder in the first degree, appellant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree of Harold W. Culpepper and sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. Explanation for the interval of more than three years between the conviction and this opinion is to be found, partly at least, in the change of mind of defendant after he had notified the court that he did not desire an appeal, and proceedings subsequent to such change of mind. On a hearing on a petition for habeas corpus by appellant herein, the United States District Court for the Northern…