Myers v. State

PRICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree under an indictment charging murder in the second degree.

On January 8, 1957, Carlton Eaton received a shotgun wound on his left leg and thigh. Upon arrival at the Guntersville City Hospital he was found to be in extreme shock from loss of blood. He was treated in the Guntersville Hospital until January 11, at 2:50 P.M., when he was transferred to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Birmingham. He was in *619critical condition when he reached the Veterans Administration Hospital. His leg was amputated that day and he…