Smith v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted and tried for, and convicted of, the crime of murder in the first degree and sentenced capitally in the Circuit Court of Duval County, and for review of this judgment comes here by writ of error. The sole assignment of error is the denial of the defendant’s motion for new trial.

The first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth grounds of this motion all question the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict returned, and will be considered last.

The seventh ground of the motion asserts error in the alleged refusal of the court to sustain a challenge…