State v. . Moore

Criminal prosecution, tried upon indictment charging the defendant with the murder of one Helen Clevenger.

Verdict: Guilty of murder in the first degree.

Judgment: Death by asphyxiation.

Defendant appeals. The chronology of this case is as follows:

1. The defendant was tried, convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death at the August Term, 1936, of Buncombe Superior Court, which convened 17 August and adjourned 22 August.

2. Notice of appeal was duly given in open court, and the defendant allowed 45 days to prepare and serve his statement of case on appeal. The solicitor was…