State ex rel. Worthen v. Walker

ORDER DECLINING ORIGINAL JURISDICTION AND DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRITS OF PROHIBITION AND MANDAMUS

Hank Lee Ussery was charged with Murder in the First Degree in Carter County District Court Case No. CRF-82-156. The trial court submitted the case to the jury with instructions on first degree' murder and first degree manslaughter committed in *1175the heat ol passion. The jury convicted appellant of manslaughter and assessed punishment at life imprisonment. The trial judge then granted appellant’s motion for new trial on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the evidence. The judge reasoned…