State v. Smith

— This cause is here upon appeal by the defendant from a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree rendered in the circuit court of Shannon county. A careful examination of the record dis*25closes that no sentence was pronounced or judgment entered by the circuit court upon the verdict of the jury as returned in this cause; however, it does appear that a motion for a new trial was filed, heard and overruled. It is now suggested by the Attorney-General, upon this condition of the record, that the cause be remanded to the circuit court, with directions to enter judgment and pronounce…