Oates v. State

Defendant was indicted for the offense of murder in the first degree for the killing of his sister-in-law, Mary D. Newsome. Upon arraignment he interposed pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The evidence tends to show that a few days prior to the killing defendant and his wife, Cora Lee, had separated because of defendant's jealousy of Cora Lee and a man named Curly Fant. On the night in question defendant, armed with a 22 caliber rifle, went to the…