State v. Harris

This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence of life imprisonment entered upon a verdict of guilty of a charge of murder in the first degree. The jury did not inflict the death penalty.

The state’s evidence was entirely circumstantial, since no one witnessed the homicide which was very brutal and revolting. We shall not describe it in detail in this opinion except to the extent necessary to an understanding of appellant’s 13 assignments of error.

Appellant did not take the stand, and his only evidence consisted of copies of two wills (which will be discussed later in this opinion). He was…