Phenizee v. State

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged. There is no assignment that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence; but in accordance with our custom in death cases, we have carefully examined the record, as if such an assignment were urged, and we find the evidence amply sufficient. We see no reversible error either in the admission or rejection of evidence, and none in the instructions of the court.

Counsel for appellant has brought to our attention the examination of the jurors on the voir dire, and the statements made in the presence of prospective jurors, by the…