Cazalas v. State

JOHNSON, Judge.

The defendant, Cleve G. Cazalas, was tried under an indictment charging manslaughter in the first degree by unlawfully and intentionally, but without malice, killing Madison Van Chapman by cutting him with a knife. The jury found the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment and. fixed punishment at six years imprisonment in the State penitentiary.

The tendency of the State’s case was as follows:

On the afternoon or early evening of February 4, 1963, the defendant went to a “beer joint” known as the “Rendevous Club”. The defendant saw an acquaintance sitting at a table by the…