Crumb v. State

BUSSEY, Judge.

Ernest W. Crumb, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged in the District Court of Carter County with the offense of Murder; he was found guilty of Manslaughter in the First Degree, and from the judgment and sentence assessing his punishment at imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of 25 years, he appeals.

This case was set for trial by jury on the 23rd day of May, 1967, but a motion for continuance was filed by the defendant wherein it was stated that the defendant’s attorney, because of ulcers, would be unable to engage in a “controversial trial or a…