State v. Jarrette

LAKE, Justice.

The principal thrust of the defendant’s brief and the brief of the amicus-curiae, in its entirety, are directed against the imposition of the death penalty for the crimes of first degree *635murder and rape. The defendant’s remaining 125 assignments of error are directed to various rulings of the trial court which he contends entitle him to a new trial on all of the charges..

We do not reach the question of the validity of the judgments imposing the death penalty for first degree murder and for rape if the defendant is entitled to a new trial on these charges for the reason that he…