Minton v. State

The appellant was charged by indictment with involuntary manslaughter under Acts 1941, Ch. 148, §2, pp. 447, 448, being §10-3405, Burns’ Ann. St. (1956 Repl.). He was tried by the court and found guilty as charged and sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for a period of not less than two (2) nor more than twenty-one (21) years. The appellant assigns as error the overruling of his motion for a new trial and specifically, that the finding of the court is contrary to law and is not sustained by sufficient evidence.

This requires a brief review of the evidence most favorable to the state. Tait v.…