Brown v. State

Willie Brown, the plaintiff in error, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Duval County, Florida, of murder in the second degree, and upon writ of error to this court, seeks to have the judgment of the court below reversed and a new trial granted him.

The written instrument filed in this court and designated as an assignment of errors, is nothing other than a copy of the motion for new trial, which was filed in the court below. There are seven grounds stated in the purported assignment of errors and the counsel on both sides treat each ground as an assignment of errors. We will therefore…