Fletcher v. State

On a former day of this term- this cause was reversed, the opinion being reported in 91 So. 338. The court there held that on the facts in this record the defendant was not guilty of a higher crime than manslaughter; and the cause was remanded for trial on the issue of manslaughter only. The attorney-general now suggests that we erred in remanding the cause for trial only on the issue of manslaughter, and insists that it should be remanded for trial generally. We think this contention is correct.- Upon the first trial the defendant was convicted of murder, and the remanding of the case to the…