Barber v. State

The appellant, jointly with Joe Parker, was charged by indictment with the murder of Steven Kendall in an attempt to perpetrate a robbery. He was tried separately by a jury, was found guilty, and sentenced to death. Refusing to permit him to file a special plea of insanity and overruling his motion for a new trial are assigned as errors.

The sufficiency of the indictment as against an objection that it does not state facts sufficient was upheld in Parker v. State (1925), 196 Ind. 534, 149 N. E. 59. On the authority of that case, the contention of appellant that the verdict was contrary to law…