Blake v. State

TERRELL, Justice.

Appellant, Emmett Clarke Blake, was indicted by the grand jury in Bay County for murder in the first degree, to which he entered a plea of not guilty. The court appointed counsel to represent him and the cause came on for trial September 4, 1962. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree without recommendation to-mercy. The court imposed the extreme penalty and this appeal was prosecuted.

Appellant relies on three points to reverse the conviction. He treats points one and two together. Point one is as follows: “Is the evidence in this cause sufficient…