GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.
On the night of January 15, 1966, the appellant shot and killed Artis Frazer at Hosea Miller's Place, a drive-in roadhouse near Tucker, Arkansas. The prosecuting attorney at first charged Stepps with first-degree murder, but on the day of trial he reduced the charge to the second degree. The jury found the accused guilty of voluntary manslaughter and fixed his punishment at three years imprisonment. The five points urged for reversal have...
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