Howard v. State

OPINION

OLIVER, Judge.

Convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the Circuit Court of Stewart County and sentenced to not less than two nor more than five years and one day in the penitentiary, Howard has duly .perfected an appeal in the nature of a writ of error to this Court.

By his first two Assignments of Error he makes the usual assault upon the sufficiency of the evidence. It may be summarized briefly. About S :00 p. m. November 16, 1971 the defendant went to the Traveler’s Inn where he was later joined by the deceased Bobby Lancaster and the latter’s cousin James Lancaster, neither of whom…