Brown v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted by a jury in the court below of murder in the second degree. Sec. 2415, Burns 1926, §10-3405, Burns 1933, §2407, Baldwin’s 1934, Acts 1905, p. 584, §350. Judgment and sentence to imprisonment for life. His motion for a new trial was overruled and this ruling is the only error assigned.

Appellant first insists that the verdict of the jury was contrary to law, in that it was not sustained by sufficient evidence. In support of this contention he asserts that the record fails to show there was some evidence to support each essential element of the…