Dixon v. State

Appellant having’ been convicted of the crime of murder, appealed to this court, and the judgment of the court below was at a former day affirmed. His counsel now suggest that we erred in so doing, for many reasons, three of which seem to be that the court below .erred: First, in granting the state’s first and only instruction; second, in not giving the jury a definition of the crime of murder; and, third, in granting the instructions requested by appellant.

The instruction granted at the request of the state charged the jury that “if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt…