HIGHTOWER v. STATE

No. A-12649.

336 P.2d 1118 (1959)

George HIGHTOWER, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma.

March 18, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.A. Billingsley, Wewoka, Tom Smith, Wewoka, for plaintiff in error.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., J. Walker Field, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


BRETT, Judge.

Plaintiff in error, George Hightower, defendant below, was charged by information, in the District Court of Seminole County, Oklahoma, with the crime of murder. He was tried to a jury, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to a term of ten years in the state penitentiary. Judgment and sentence were entered accordingly, from which this appeal has been perfected.

This appeal presents but one question for our determination...

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