Kitchens v. State

Hawes, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of murder with a recommendation of mercy and was sentenced to life imprisonment. His motion for a new trial was over ruled and he appealed to this court from the judgment of conviction and from the sentence.

1. The Supreme Court is a court for the trial and correction of errors of law committed in the trial courts, as shown by the record of what transpired therein which has been transmitted to it. This court has no original jurisdiction, and it cannot decide questions raised for the first time after the case has been appealed to it. Constitution of…