State v. Lufkins

HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION

This is an appeal by Dennis Lufkins, appellant, from a- judgment of conviction of first-degree manslaughter and a separate adjudication of habitual criminality. A Roberts County jury found appellant guilty of the manslaughter charge; appellant subsequently pled guilty to being a habitual criminal. His sentence was life imprisonment. Four separate issues, all treated below, are presented for review. We affirm.

FACTS

At trial, Ernest Hayes, Eugene Hedine and Matthew Blue Dog all testified that they, appellant, Ruth Titus, and the victim Sylvester Johnson had been drinking…