Terry v. State

KNIGHT, Justice.

The petitioner, Lum Terry, was tried for the offense of murder in the first degree, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary of this state for the period of eight years, and, from the judgment and sentence in the cause, he prosecuted an appeal to the Court of Appeals, 148 So. 157. That court has affirmed the judgment and sentence, and the' appellant, petitioner, in this court, has applied here for writ of certiorari to review and reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals.

It is first insisted that the Court of…