State v. Martin

The appellant, Henry Martin, was convicted in the circuit court .of Dade County of murder in the second degree and his punishment assessed at ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, for killing Alva Shaw. His son, Marvin Martin, was jointly charged and prosecuted for the same offense, but acquitted by the jury. The State’s ease was based largely on circumstantial evidence. The reviewable assignments of error on this appeal are: that there was no substantial evidence to support the verdict; incompetent evidence was admitted; certain of the State’s instructions were erroneous; the jury was…