Kirkendoll v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree wherein the punishment was fixed at death by electrocution.

First, lest we might overlook it in the end, we feel that we are called upon to say that able counsel for both plaintiffs in error have done a masterly piece of work in representing these parties. Their briefs herein are excellent and the arguments made before this court were good. We feel called upon to make this rather unusual statement due to the fact that, as we read this record, counsel really had nothing to go upon in defending these parties except to try in every…