Covington v. State

On November 14, 1939, the appellant, Robert Covington, was indicted for the crime of murder in the second degree by a grand jury of Sarasota County, Florida, 'for the unlawful killing of Mary Lee Covington ón the 18th day of August, 1939, in Sarasota County. The defendant below was duly arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty; was placed upon trial and by a jury of said county convicted of the crime of manslaughter. A motion for a new trial was made and by the lower court denied and the trial court sentenced the' defendant to serve a period of fifteen years at hard labor in the State…