Smith v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The appellant, Dorothy Bell Smith, was indicted for the first degree murder of George Pennington “by shooting him with a .22 pistol.” At trial the jury found the appellant guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and fixed her punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. The trial court then pronounced judgment, setting sentence in accordance with this verdict. The evidence presented at trial disclosed that the appellant and her step-daughter, Shirley Smith, left their home in the early evening of August 16, 1975, and headed for Buddy Pete’s Cafe, which is located a short…