Gipson v. State

Appellant was convicted of murder, and the verdict and judgment carries the death penalty. There is no assignment of errors and counsel have filed no brief. Consistent with a policy which this Court has imposed upon itself in death cases, we have not dismissed the appeal but have in the interest of justice examined the record, lest by some chance and patent error, the extreme penalty may be unjustly exacted.

We find no error in the instructions given for the State. Sua sponte, we take notice of a motion to quash the indictment. The second ground is assigned in this language: "For defects and…