State v. Simmons

Caplan, Judge:

At the January Term, 1962, of the Circuit Court of Randolph County the ’ defendant, William C. Simmons, was indicted for the murder of Donald Leatherwood. It was alleged in the indictment that the murder occurred in Randolph County in October, 1961. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty. At the trial which was held from May 1 to May 4, 1962, the jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree. After his written motion to set aside the verdict and grant him a new trial was overruled, the court, on September 15, 1962, sentenced the defendant to confinement in…