State v. Padgett

WOLLMAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was charged with manslaughter in the first degree and was found guilty by a jury of second-degree manslaughter. He appeals from the judgment and sentence entered on the jury verdict.* We affirm.

On the night of July 9 and the early morning of July 10, 1978, the parties and witnesses to this incident had been drinking at the Portside Inn outside Chamberlain. All stayed until closing. They left in several vehicles and stopped on the road a few miles away from the Portside Inn. From the frequently conflicting and ambiguous testimony regarding the incidents leading…