Court Opinion

ID: 9708059
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 02:28:55.101185+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:41.760786
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Spencer, J.,
dissenting.
• ■ I cannot agree to the reduction of the sentence herein. I do not believe it is excessive under the circumstances.
■ The county attorney in the first instance, considering the facts of. the crime, saw fit to charge the defendant *303with second rather than first-degree murder. In charging the jury, the trial court, at the request of the defendant, also gave the lesser-included offense of manslaughter. There is some question in my mind as to whether that charge was pertinent. The jury saw fit to convict the defendant of manslaughter. The trial court imposed the maximum penalty for that offense. In my judgment, he did not abuse his discretion in doing so.
White, C. J., and Newton, J., join in this dissent.