State v. Savage

MAUS, Judge.

The defendant was charged with the capital murder of David Love. A jury found the defendant guilty of manslaughter and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for nine years and six months. The defendant’s timely motion for a new trial was overruled and he was sentenced in accordance with the verdict. He appeals presenting two points of error. As there is no doubt about the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, only a brief summary of the facts that could have been found by the jury is necessary. In so summarizing the facts, in the light of the verdict, the evidence…