Perkins v. State

SMITH, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

I. V. Perkins, indicted and tried upon a charge of murder, was convicted of manslaughter in the Circuit Court of Warren County and sentenced to six years imprisonment. He has appealed, assigning several grounds for reversal.

It is first argued that the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict and that the verdict is contrary to law.

There were certain conflicts in the testimony of witnesses given at the trial, but that version of the circumstances relating to the homicide which supports the verdict and is based upon evidence is substantially as…