May v. State

Upon an indictment charging him with the murder of Richard Lang, appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. The jury was unable to agree on the punishment.

On appeal here, he assigns and argues three allegedly prejudicial errors committed by the trial court, which we deem worthy of discussion. One, that he should have had a peremptory instruction at the end of the State’s evidence, or, at the conclusion of all of the testimony; another, granting certain instructions to the State, and refusing others he requested; and objections to…