Riley v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of the crime of first degree murder and recommended life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. The State had waived the death penalty. From the judgment on that verdict comes this appeal. For reversal appellant contends that: The appellant was entitled to have the jury instructed by the trial court on all degrees of homicide, regardless of whether his counsel waived and objected to such instructions, and the failure of the trial court to so instruct the jury is reversible error. We find no merit in this contention.

The sufficiency of the…