McLaurin v. State

McLaurin was convicted of the murder of Hertisene Porter and sentenced to death.

On this appeal, he contends (1) that the proof does not sustain a conviction of any crime, but, if so, no greater crime than manslaughter; (2) that the trial judge erred in granting to the State, and in his refusal to grant to him, the instructions hereinafter discussed; and (3) in admitting in evidence in behalf of the State certain rebuttal testimony.

The first contention requires a brief summary of the evidence. The incident took place on Sunday morning, March 3, 1947, around one-thirty to two o ’clock, in a…