State v. Finnice

CALOGERO, Justice.

On October 20, 1972, defendant, Booker Finnice, was indicted for murder, to which indictment defendant pleaded not guilty. On February 6, 1973, defendant was tried and, at conclusion of trial on February 7, 1973, the jury convicted him of manslaughter. He was sentenced to serve seven and one-half years at hard labor and was remanded to the custody of the Department of Corrections. From his conviction and sentence defendant appealed, relying on three bills of exceptions. The first of these bills was reserved to the ruling of the trial judge denying defense counsel the…