Lancaster v. State

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

Appellant, Clayton Yernon Lancaster, was charged with first degree murder, .and after a two-day trial the jury returned a ver-clict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter and fixed the punishment at five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. He was sentenced by the court in accordance with the verdict of the jury.

Appellant prosecutes this appeal on the ground that the trial court failed to admonish the jury [as required by Ark. Stats.’ § 43-2122] “Not to permit anyone to speak or communicate with them on any subject connected with the trial . . .” before the court…