Rollins v. Commonwealth

A grand jury of Arlington county returned an indictment against the defendant, Eugene William Rollins,, charging him with the murder of Leon Tatleman. He entered a plea of not guilty. After hearing the evidence, a jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. He was sentenced accordingly and we granted a writ of error to consider his contentions that there were prejudical errors in his trial. He will be herein referred to as defendant or Rollins.

On his plea of not guilty defendant offered no evidence in denial of the charge that he killed…