Brown v. State

Appellant was convicted in the court below of murder in the second degree on an indictment charging murder in the first degree.

The alleged homicide was committed in October, 1944. The indictment in the cause was returned in February, 1945. The trial was had in March immediately following. After conviction, a motion for a new trial was filed within the time required by law. This motion was first set for hearing on the 17th day of April, 1945, and was continued from time to time until it was finally heard and overruled on December 7, 1946. The instant appeal was submitted in this court on April…