Ray v. State

SIMPSON, Justice.

The defendant appeals from a life sentence of murder in the first degree for the unlawful homicide of one Reece Kitchens.

Consistent with the duty imposed by statute, Code 1940, Title 15, § 389, we have scanned the record for possible errors, but on a careful consideration are impelled to the conclusion that the trial proceeded without prejudicial error to the defendant.

The case was one peculiarily for the decision of the jury and from the standpoint of the State’s evidence, the verdict returned was warranted. It was proven by the State that a few days prior to the fatal…