State v. Logan

The respondent here, Claude Lee Logan, has been convicted of murder in the second degree for the slaying of one Robert Bowerman. The case was tried upon a plea of not guilty by reason of necessary self-defense. In the motion for a new trial respondent assigned only one error; that is, the evidence preponderates against the verdict of the jury and. in favor of his innocence. The trial judge overruled the motion for a new trial and upon appeal the Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the trial court, remanding the case for a new trial. We have granted certiorari.

The homicide occurred late at…