Thompson v. State

OPINION

BLISS, Presiding Judge:

Appellant, Ethel I. (Blank) Thompson, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged and tried in the District Court of Seminole County, Case No. CR-70-146, for the offense of Murder and found guilty of First Degree Manslaughter. Her punishment was fixed at eighteen (18) years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

Defendant had married Morales Franklin (Pete) Thompson, the deceased, in 1965. Jerry Blank, a witness for the State, testified at the trial that he was the nineteen year old adopted son of…