Johnson v. State

BRETT, Judge:

Plaintiff in Error, hereafter referred to as defendant, was tried in District Court of Pontotoc County before a jury for the crime of Murder. His trial commenced September 12, 1966 and on September 13, the jury returned a verdict of guilty and set punishment at life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. Defendant’s motion for new trial was overruled and judgment and sentence was passed September 21, 1966. This is an appeal from that conviction.

The facts briefly stated are: Defendant was arrested in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico early in the morning of April 28, 1966 and was placed in…