Brinson v. State

Under an indictment charging Berry Brinson, Sr., as principal in the first degree with the crime of murder in the first degree and charging Minnie Bell and Berry Brinson, Jr., as principals in the second degree with the crime of murder in the first degree in effecting the death of one Lloyd Cooper, Berry Brinson, Sr., was convicted of murder in the second degree and Minnie Bell and Berry Brinson, Jr., were convicted of manslaughter.

From these judgments the defendants appealed under the provisions' of the Criminal Code, Acts of Legislature of 1939.

The appellants have presented seven questions…