Reece v. State

The appellant, Bert Reece, was indicted by the grand jury of Prentiss county, convicted by the jury, and sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. From the conviction and sentence, appeal is prosecuted to this court.

Reece was indicted for the killing of Clovis Cooper, his brother-in-law, the deceased having been stabbed eleven times, according to the state’s evidence, with what is termed a “watermelon” Barlow knife. We shall detail such facts as we deem material, as we take up the several assignments of error presented here.

First. Appellant insists that the…