State v. Mercado

Littlejohn, Justice:

Francisco Cancel Mercado, the appellent, was indicted for murder and grand larceny. A jury acquitted him of murder and found him guilty of grand larceny. He has appealed.

Appellant argues that he should be given a new trial on the grounds that the verdicts of the jury were unreasonably inconsistent, that it was prejudicial error for the trial court to allow a censored letter to be used for cross-examination, and that the trial judge abused his discretion in setting the sentence. We disagree.

These charges arose after Mr. J. D. Fielding was found dead in his home. His hands…