State v. Morris

SNYDER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict and judgment convicting appellant of manslaughter. § 565.005 RSMo.1978.1 The court sentenced appellant as a prior offender to eight years in the Department of Corrections. § 558.016.2 RSMo.Supp. 1983; § 565.031 RSMo.1978. The judgment is affirmed.

Appellant contends the trial court erred in: (1) denying appellant’s motion to dismiss because appellant was denied a speedy trial; (2) restricting appellant’s cross-examination of the state’s witnesses concerning the cause of death of the victim; (3) improperly instructing the jury on the element…