Strickland v. State

The defendant was indicted for murder and was convicted, with a recommendation. He moved for a new trial upon the formal grounds, and by amendment added certain special grounds, which will sufficiently appear in this opinion.

The defendant insists that the court erred in failing to give in charge to the jury the definition of circumstantial evidence embraced in the Penal Code, § 1009, and in failing, in connection therewith, to give in charge to the jury the weight to be given to circumstantial evidence as defined in § 1010. On the trial of a criminal case, where a conviction depends solely…