Slaughter v. State

Appellant has assigned errors, although the statute or rules of court do not so require, this being a criminal ease. The'writer approves the practice, and regards it as being advisable, having as it does, the effect of presenting to the appellate court the concrete points of decision relied upon by appellant for reversal. If is permissible to assign errors even in a criminal case, and doing so in no manner prevents or precludes the court from considering all questions apparent on the record or reserved by bill of exceptions as the statute requires. Code 1923, § 3258.

In this case the…