State v. DePriest

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Judge.

Defendant was indicted by the Rutherford County Grand Jury for the offense of first degree murder. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve three (3) years imprisonment as a Range I standard offender. The trial judge suspended all but 119 days of the sentence, which are to be served in periodic fashion. The defendant has appealed his conviction. The State protests by appeal the granting of a suspended sentence.

The homicide in this case was the culmination of a marital triangle involving the defendant, his wife Hilda, and the deceased, Ronald…