Finley v. State

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Herbert Finley, Jr., was charged jointly with Arthur Hinton with the crime of Murder in the Second Degree, the Information alleging that they murdered J. C. Meeks on July 2,1960, by stabbing him to death. On September 27, 1960 (the date of the trial), Finley filed a motion asking that he be granted a severance and a separate trial. The motion was denied by the court, and the case tried. The jury found Finley guilty of the crime of Voluntary Manslaughter, and fixed his punishment at seven years imprisonment. From the judgment so entered, appellant…