State v. Hickey

HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION

Defendant Roland J. Hickey, charged with the premeditated homicide of Roland “Dude” Lux, was convicted in a trial by jury of first-degree manslaughter and sentenced to forty years in the state penitentiary. Defendant appeals from this judgment of conviction. We affirm.

FACTS

Defendant and decedent, “Dude” Lux, had been good friends. Decedent was married to defendant’s first cousin. Evidence established that trouble developed between them when they had been drinking.

Defendant had suffered from a binge drinking problem since high school for which he twice sought…