Fleming v. State

*999BRETT, Judge.

The Plaintiff in error, Bryan Fleming, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged in the district court of Tillman County with the crime of murder; was tried, and convicted of manslaughter" in the first degree; and, pursuant to the verdict of the jury was sentenced to serve 20 years in the State Penitentiary. Defendant has perfected his appeal to this Court.

We have had the benefit of extensive briefs by the defendant and th.e State, including a supplementary brief filed by the County Attorney of Tillman County.

This homicide was the result of a drinking party, of which the…