Hamilton v. State

O’BRIEN, Judge.

OPINION

These defendants were convicted of the first degree murder of Lee Ervin Wright, and sentenced to death by electrocution.

Defendants have filed separate briefs with assignments of error. We first review those issues raised by Hamilton.

This defendant says it was error to force him to trial after his counsel informed the court that defendant was partially paralyzed from a stroke suffered a few hours before.

At the beginning of the trial Hamilton moved for a continuance based on his physical condition, alleging he had incurred a stroke some hours earlier. The trial judge had…