Palmer v. State

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

Mizell Palmer has appealed from a conviction of rape and sentence of death. This being a capital case, § 4257, Pope’s Digest, 2 prescribes the extent of the review. The motion for new trial contains four assignments; and the transcript discloses other objections made by the defendant. "We will group and dispose of all the assignments and objections found in the record.

I. Sufficiency of the Evidence. This issue is presented by assignments 1, 2, and 3 in the motion for new trial and also by the defendant’s objection to the court’s refusal to instruct a verdict of not…