State v. Painter

The state’s attorney of Minnehaha county filed an information in the circuit court charging Earl Painter, the defendant, with manslaughter in the first degree. Defendant pleaded not guilty. The jury found the defendant guilty of manslaughter in the second degree and the court imposed a sentence of four years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Motion for new trial was overruled and defendant has appealed.

The information filed by the state’s attorney charges that on January 1st, 1943, the defendant, “* * * Did wilfully, wrongfully, unlawfully, and feloniously, without a. design to effect…