Sloan v. State

G'Ri-FKiN Smith, Chief Justice.

Bill Mondier, Orville Wayne Sloan and Jerry McCabe were jointly charged , with having murdered Gerald Bradley. Sloan was granted severance and has appealed from an adverse verdict and judgment that he. serve five years in penitentiary. This is the minimum fixed for murder in the second degree, the maximum being twenty-one years. Pope’s Digest, Sec. 2979.

Although the motion for a new trial lists thirty-four alleged errors, only two are seriously argued: (a) There was insufficient evidence to support the verdict; (b) incompetent testimony was admitted.

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