Slayton v. State

In this case the appellants were defendants in the court below and on an indictment in several counts charging murder in the first degree were convicted of murder in the second degree.

There are a number of assignments of error, one of which is based upon the alleged improper statements by the State’s Attorney to the Jury in the closing argument of the case. It is unnecessary for us to determine here whether or not those statements constituted reversible error, as the case must be reversed on another ground.

Another assignment is bsed upon the action and language of the court in reply to…