State v. Hiteshew

The defendant was indicted for first degree murder and convicted of manslaughter from which conviction he appeals.

There are several assignments of error, only two of which are necessary to consider.

Evidence showed that defendant was a one-armed farm laborer who, on occasion, frequented houses of prostitution. There was evidence that in 1967 a Negro prostitute lured him into a situation where defendant claimed two Negro men shot him in the back and robbed him. The men were not apprehended, but the woman was prosecuted for attempted homicide and acquitted. Defendant recovered from his severe…