Boyd v. State

Defendant, also referred to as appellant, entering a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, was convicted by a jury of killing Roger Radford under such circumstances as to constitute murder in the first degree as charged in the indictment. The alleged homicide was effected by shooting the victim with a pistol. The jury fixed the punishment at death.

The law, when death is the punishment, mandates an automatic appeal. Under such mandate this appeal is before this *396Court. Defendant was represented by appointed counsel in the nisi prius court. The same appointed counsel here…