Luther v. State

Marshall, Chief Justice.

Donald Robert Luther, indicted and tried for murder, appeals from his conviction of voluntary manslaughter, for which he was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. * We affirm.

Evidence was adduced at the trial to the following effect. Pursuant to notification on the afternoon of June 6, 1985, the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department investigated a remote boat landing on Lake Seminole, where they found the body of the victim, Don Yarley, an insurance salesman, kneeling face-down with his head on a picnic bench. The victim’s pants pockets were turned inside-out; his hands…