On July 6, 1988, defendant-appellant, Dennis Jacocks, spent the day with his two sisters, Debra and Darla, and Debra's boyfriend, Otis Palmer. Throughout the day the four played games and drank. It was not long after midnight when an argument began which ended when appellant plunged a knife into Otis Palmer's chest. The knife severed the aorta, causing Otis Palmer's death on July 7, 1988.
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