Greathouse v. State

Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree, convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for fifteen years.

The attorney for the appellant on appeal has included in the transcript an assignment of error and has argued in brief the points raised. This is permissible, although not necessary on appeal in a criminal case. In addition to our duty to search the record for error, we have responded to matters specifically raised in said assignment.

Appellant argues in support of Assignment of Error No. 3 that the court erred in admitting the…