Morris v. State

LAWSON, Justice.

The appellant, Taylor Morris, was indicted for the offense of murder in the first degree by a grand jury of Washington County, and upon a trial on that indictment he was convicted of murder in the second degree and his punishment was fixed by the trial jury at imprisonment in the penitentiary of this state for a period of thirty years. Judgment and sentence were in accord with the verdict. At the time of sentence the appellant gave notice of appeal.

The transcript of the record was filed here on April 1, 1958. On April 7, 1958, writ of certiorari was issued out of this court at…