People v. Allum

Defendant, James Allum, was convicted after a jury trial of murder and was sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than twenty nor more than forty years.

Contentions on Appeal(1) Defendant was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt;(2) Defendant did not receive a fair trial because:(a) remarks of the prosecutor to the jury were prejudicial;(b) the trial judge (in the presence of the jury) improperly commented upon the testimony of a prosecution witness and subsequently threatened defense counsel with contempt;(c) defendant’s request for a recess to study a statement of a prosecution…