State v. Beal

THREET, Justice.

Appellant was tried and convicted upon an information charging him with the murder of Stanley Brown. As a result of the verdict, he was sentenced to death. An appeal is prosecuted to this court, assigning numerous errors. They will be considered here, so far as is necessary, in the order presented in appellant’s brief.

The first assignment of error is as follows :

The district court erred in overruling appellant’s motion to set aside the verdict of the jury and grant a new trial in the cause upon the following grounds:

a. Because the trial judge, after the jury had retired to…