Goodloe v. State

Appellant was charged by an indictment filed December 29, 1966, with the crime of manslaughter as defined by Acts 1941, ch. 148, § 2, p. 447, being Ind. Ann. Stat. § 10-3405 (1956). To this charge appellant entered a plea of not guilty.

The cause was tried before a jury on September 25 and 26, 1967, and appellant was found guilty as charged. On October 13, 1967, the trial court sentenced appellant to the Indiana Women’s Prison for a term of not less than two (2) nor more than twenty-one (21) years.

On October 24, 1967, appellant filed an amended motion for a new trial complete with supporting…