State v. Gueringer

ROGERS, Justice.

The defendant, Dave Gueringer, was indicted for the crime of manslaughter. The jury returned a verdict finding him guilty of “neglible homicide,” and the judge sentenced him to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of three years.

Defendant is appealing from his conviction and sentence, contending that they should be set aside, because the verdict is meaningless and not responsive to the charge contained in the indictment or to any offense known to the law. This contention is raised by a motion in arrest of judgment filed by defendant after the verdict was rendered…