Phillips v. State

The defendant, R. L. Phillips, was charged by information filed in the district court of Carter county with the crime of murder, allegedly committed on November 13, 1915, upon the person of one Willie Sides; the defendant was tried, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at 25 years impris.onment in the State Penitentiary.

Counsel for defendant filed a brief in this court on September 12, 1916, in which brief there was presented for consideration several assignments of error. Since that time no brief has been filed on behalf of the state, although an order was…