Evans v. State

The defendant, W. A. (Bill) Evans, was charged in the district court of Custer county with the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, was tried, convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, and pursuant to the verdict of the jury was sentenced to serve three years’ imprisonment in the State Penitentiary.

Three assignments of error are presented in the brief of defendant for reversal of the judgment of conviction: First, the trial court erred in admitting irrelevant and highly prejudicial testimony over objections of defendant ; second, the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict…