Burnett v. State

On an indictment charging murder in the first degree, a jury found appellant guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for ten years. He was sentenced accordingly.

The alleged victim was Nora Banks who was killed by a pistol bullet that entered her skull from front to rear. This occurred while she was in the home of defendant while a drinking and dancing party was in progress in which five or six adults and three or four times as many children were present on Sunday night, April 29, 1979. She arrived after most of the others and was accompanied by a…