Miller v. State

Manslaughter, first degree; seven years.

The sufficiency of the evidence was not raised in the present case by a motion to exclude, a request for the affirmative charge, nor by a motion for a new trial. The facts in the case are not complicated; therefore, only a brief statement regarding them will be made.

On July 1, 1978, Walter Duffy, James Buck, Vernon Ward and the appellant were sitting in appellant's front yard in the Orange Beach area conversing and drinking beer. All present were neighbors of the appellant, and all were over sixty years of age. Mr. Ward and the appellant had a…