State v. Trent

Oxner, Justice.

At about eleven o’clock on the morning of July 12, 1957 appellant, Tilman Trent, killed Alton Otis Goode with a shotgun. He was tried in October, 1957 and found guilty of murder. The jury recommended mercy and appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for life.

The exceptions raise three questions. We shall first discuss the contention that the Court erred in refusing to reduce the charge from murder to manslaughter. Appellant asserts that the testimony does not support an inference of malice.

Sam Trent, father of appellant, owned and operated a fish pond and store near the town of…