Stokes v. State

The defendant was tried on October 21, 1941, on an accusation containing seven counts and was convicted on four counts. His motion for new trial was filed on the same day, October 21, 1941, and the hearing thereof was set for November 8, 1941. On the latter date the motion came on for a hearing and the court passed the following order: “The within motion for new trial having come on for hearing and, after arguments of counsel and consideration of purported brief submitted by counsel for movant, the court rules that: (a) Said brief [of the evidence] be disapproved as incorrect, insufficient,…