Taylor v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Judge:

Appellant, Fred Taylor, Jr., hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged and tried for the crime of Murder and was convicted for the crime of Manslaughter in the First Degree in the District Court of Osage County, Case No. CRF-71-997. He was sentenced to serve a term of twenty-one (21) years in the state penitentiary in accordance with the verdict of the jury and a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court. At the trial, Jesse Doss, a Pawhuska City Police Officer, testified that he was on duty December 4, 1971, at about 2:00 A.M. and that at that time he heard a…