State v. Floyd

Mr. Acting Associate Justice W. C. Cothran

(dissenting) : I am forced to dissent from the judgment of this Court affirming the judgment of the Circuit Court under which the defendant-appellant was sentenced to death. My whole nature rebels against this judgment to such an extent that I have made a most careful search of the record in an effort to find errors which might warrant a new trial.

The defendant was represented by counsel appointed by the Court and, on the third day after his arraignment, was brought to trial. This was in accordance with the strict practice of the law and no legal…