Taylor v. State

Brailsford, Justice:

The appellant Taylor and two codefendants, Mitchell and King, were indicted for the murder of one Lorenzo Thomas. Before the commencement of the trial, Mitchell plead guilty to manslaughter. At the close of the State’s evidence, King pled guilty to accessory after the fact to murder. Taylor was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve twenty-four years. Upon appeal to this Court we affirmed, holding, that the evidence was sufficient to raise a submissible issue as to guilt and refusing to consider a number of exceptions charging error in particulars which had not…