Woods v. State

The appellant was indicted in the circuit court for murder in the second degree. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter, assessing appellant’s punishment at twenty-one years’ imprisonment in the State prison. Having overruled appellant’s motion for a new trial, the court rendered judgment on the verdict.

The fourth assignment of error here, namely, that the court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial, is the only one argued in appellant’s brief; indeed, the other errors assigned are embraced in this one. It is assigned as one of the…