Cross v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

This is an out of time appeal resulting from a court order issued in a proceeding for a writ of habeas corpus. Defendant was found to have been an indigent and had been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment after his conviction for voluntary manslaughter. He was thus entitled to an appeal. The defendant was originally indicted for the offense of murder of his common-law wife. Held:

1. The first enumeration of error alleges the trial court committed prejudicial error by giving the jury a contradictory and confusing definition of the standard of proof required to convict…