State v. Patterson

Defendant, the appellant herein, was indicted on counts of assault with intent to rob, and with the unlawful killing of one Walter Hemmig while attempting to perpetrate a robbery. A trial by jury was had on the pleas of not guilty, resulting in verdicts of guilty on both counts, and sentence was thereafter passed as ap pears of record. A motion for new trial was timely filed, argued, and in due course overruled.

Defendant raises two assignments of error phrased as follows: (1) that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of the defendant’s handling of a .22 caliber revolver subsequent to…