Jones v. State

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge:

The appellant was certified to stand trial as an adult charged with Murder in the First Degree, Case No. CRF-79-39, in the District Court of Pottawatomie County. The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter in the First Degree, and punishment was set at imprisonment for ten (10) years.

On the night of January 3, 1979, the deceased, Richard Witty, his wife, and his stepdaughter, Kelle, were asleep at their home when, at about 2:00 a.m., two shots were fired in the house. One shot struck and killed the deceased. The appellant and his friend James…