Johnson v. State

The assignments of error relied on are solely of asserted errors of law. The errors are not manifest or self-evident, and yet not a single authority is cited in appellant’s brief, nor is there any definite statement of any particular principle of law which appellant would have us apply.

The essentials of an appellate brief may be summarized as a condensed statement of the party’s case, together with a like statement of the propositions of law which the party desires to have applied thereto, with the reasons and authorities which sustain them. In this important step in appellate procedure it is…