State v. Garcia

ZINN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree. The jury by its verdict fixed punishment at life imprisonment and the court sentenced the appellant accordingly. This appeal followed.

The state appears before us through its Attorney General and his assistants. By permission of the Attorney General the Hon. M. E. Noble, District Attorney of the Fourth Judicial District and his assistant, the Hon. E. R. Cooper, who prosecuted the case below, appear Amicae Curiae.

The major contention, of the appellant, represented by very able counsel in this Court, who in fairness to them it…