Lowman v. State

PRICE, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for murder in the second degree, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five years.

Briefly stated, the evidence was to the effect that defendant, a deputy sheriff, arrested James Dancer, the deceased for driving while intoxicated. The defendant drove Mr. Dancer’s pick-up truck to a store for the purpose of making a telephone call at deceased’s request. When defendant returned from the store and started to the driver’s side of the truck, Mr. Dancer jumped out of the truck and ran, followed by…