Hurston v. State

BOULDIN, Justice.

While not required so to do, counsel for appellant has made an assignment of errors on the record and argued in brief the various rulings relied upon as ground for reversal.

While not relieving the court from the duty to examine the record for any and all reversible errors, this practice is helpful. In the instant case, we “consider the points raised in the order presented in brief.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree. Without dispute, de fendant killed the deceased, A. C. Wright, by shooting him with a shotgun.

Self-defense, and provocation going to the…