Peters v. State

NIX, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, Tom Peters, was charged by information in the District Court of Murray County, on the 12th day of April, 1960, with the crime of murder. The defendant was tried and found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree by a jury who assessed his punishment at four years in the state penitentiary, and he appeals to this Court.

This appeal was filed herein on June 7, 1961. On June 21, a thirty day extension of time to brief by plaintiff in error was given. The case was assigned for oral argument on July 26, 1961, at which time counsel for plaintiff in error failed…