Halton v. State

On an indictment charging murder in the first degree, Grace Halton was tried and found guilty, by a jury, of involuntary manslaughter and her punishment fixed at a term of three years in the penitentiary. From the judgment is this appeal.

For reversal, appellant first questions the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury’s verdict and judgment thereon. Briefly stated, the evidence shows that in August, 1952, appellant and her grandson, while sitting at a table in the “East Side Tavern” in El Dorado drinking soft drinks, Azrene Robinson-came in and began an argument with Grace which…