Lindsey v. State

This is the second time this cause has been before this court. The decision reversing the judgment and conviction of this appellant of manslaughter in the first degree may be found in ante, p. 158, 22 So.2d at page 621.

Upon his second trial appellant was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree and the jury fixed his punishment at hard labor for a term of six months.

The evidence for the State and for the appellant presented in the trial below is in substantial conflict. Any real detailing of this evidence would only be confusing.

The tendency of the evidence for the State was that…