Hunter v. State

BUSSEY, Judge:

Ray Hunter, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the Superior Court of Comanche County for the crime of First Degree Manslaughter; his punishment was fixed at ten years in the state penitentiary, and he appeals.

Briefly stated, the facts adduced at the trial reveal that Tommy Britt, a police officer of Lawton, Oklahoma, was called to 1131 Texas Avenue in Lawton on June 30, 1968. He testified that deceased’s body was in the house and she had apparently been dead for some time; that there was blood on the floors, walls, and front porch. He…