Strickland v. State

1. In this case a verdict and judgment were rendered, but no motion for a new trial was made. The burden, therefore, is upon the plaintiff in error to show that the alleged errors of omission in the charge of the court, complained of in the bill of exceptions, were necessarily controlling upon the verdict and judgment. Civil Code (1910), § 6144.

2. The conviction of the defendant did not depend wholly upon circumstantial evidence, and therefore the court did not err, in the absence of a timely and appropriate written request, in failing to charge the law of circumstantial evidence.

3. The…