Rutledge v. State

On information charging first degree murder, appellant was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at a term of five years in the State Penitentiary. This appeal followed.

For reversal, appellant, in three of his assignments of error, questions the sufficiency of the evidence. He does not argue these assignments here. We hold, after consideration of all of the testimony, when viewed in the light most favorable to the State, as we must do, that it was ample to support a conviction.

Frank Beel, brother of Joe Beel, the victim in this case, owned a six hundred acre farm. On…