Crowell v. State

Appellant was convicted for the crime of embezzlement and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. He was represented by court-appointed counsel and at arraignment pleaded not guilty. After sentence was imposed he gave notice of appeal and was furnished a free transcript. New counsel was appointed to represent appellant on this appeal.

At the conclusion of the State's case there was no motion made to exclude the State's evidence. At the conclusion of the entire case appellant made the following motion:

"At this time, Your Honor, we'd like to make a motion for a directed verdict to exclude…