State v. Peele

On this appeal the defendant contends the indictment is fatally defective and the Court’s failure so to declare and dismiss the case is the subject of Assignment of Error No. 1. He further contends, if the indictment is held valid, the Court committed errors entitling him to a new trial: (a) By overruling the motion to suppress the introduction of the bloodstained garments worn by the defendant at the time of his arrest (Assignments of Error No. 2); (b) By sustaining the State’s for cause challenges of veniremen on account of conscientious scruples against capital punishment (Assignment of…