Gafford v. State

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Appellant Denny Gafford was indicted for the first degree slaying of Cecil Joseph Carter. 1 A superior court jury found appellant guilty of murder in the second degree. 2 Pursuant to judgment and commitment which was entered below, appellant was sentenced to serve a term of thirty-five years’ imprisonment. Appeal has been taken both from the judgment and commitment and the lower court’s denial of appellant’s motion for new trial.

In this court appellant urges eighteen separate specifications of error. Before reaching the two substantial issues which appellant has raised, we…