Boston v. State

CHAPMAN, J.:

The appellant, Chris Boston, by information was charged with murder in the second degree for the unlawful killing of Richard Blake in Manatee County, Florida, on January 31, 1943. He was duly arraigned on the information and tendered a plea of not guilty. He was subsequently placed upon trial under the information and by a jury convicted of the crime of manslaughter. He filed a motion for a new trial after argument and the same was by the trial court denied, when the defendant was sentenced to serve for the said crime a period of three years in the State Prison at hard labor. An…