Bates v. State

Ed F.' McFaddiN, Justice.

Vollie Bill Bates was convicted of murder and sentenced to death; and has appealed. This being a capital ease, § 4257, Pope’s Digest, prescribes the extent of the review. The motion for new trial contains 36 assignments; and, in addition, the transcript discloses other objections made by the defendant in the course of the trial. We group and dispose of all of the assignments and objections in the following headings:

I. The Filing of the Information and the Swearing of the Jury. The defendant was tried and convicted in July, 1946. The transcript, as originally filed in…