State v. Hartfield

Littlejohn, Justice:

The defendant-appellant, Henry T. Hartfield, was indicted for the murder of Le Marquis Dijon. He was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 27 years in prison. In this appeal he has alleged several trial errors.

The decedent and the defendant lived together in a cabin near Lynches River. It is the contention of the State that the defendant struck the deceased with some unidentified wide, flat object and dragged him down the road to make it appear as if there had been an accident. It is the contention of the defendant that the deceased left the cabin…