Starks v. State

Plaintiff in error, Richard Starks, was informed against for the murder of Otis L. Hutton, and upon his trial was convietéd of manslaughter in the first degree. The jury was unable to agree upon the punishment. Motion for new trial was overruled April 22, 1938. The judgment and sentence of the court was that the defendant serve a term of 20 years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

From the judgment and sentence he has appealed to this court.

The first and second assignments of error are the usual ones, that the verdict is contrary to the law and to the evidence.

The only other assignments…