PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:
William Arnold Butler was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Jackson County. The primary issue on appeal is whether the jury verdict was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.
On the afternoon of March 10, 1978, Butler and his girl friend were driving in the Jackson County area drinking beer. They stopped to visit a friend of Butler whom they discovered...
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