Sinquefield v. State

I cannot agree with the majority opinion of the court in this case.

Defendant in his opening statement in his brief says:

“Defendant admits the shooting. Defendant was standing in the front yard; Mannie Woods and the negro doctor came out of the house and started out of the gate; Mannie said ‘Joe how do you like the snow’; defendant said: ‘You should learn how to address white men’ (C.M. page 33) ; as he walked through the gate he said he was a free man and could say what he liked. Defendant called him an impudent hound. He whirled and said: ‘I don’t take that off of any damn white man.’…