Robinson v. State

Head, Justice.

Ground I of the amended motion for new trial assigns error on the failure of the court, without a written request, to instruct the jury on the principle of law set forth in the Code, § 38-121. Whether or not the language which the •defendant contends should have been charged would be a correct statement of the law, this ground of the amended motion is without merit. The State did not rely entirely upon the evidence of Bradford to connect the defendant with the offense •charged; and, in the absence of a timely written request, it was not error for the court to fail to instruct…