Ratliff v. State

The defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Russell county, at the spring term 1923, for the offense of murder in the first degree.

1-Ie was arraigned in open court on April 2, 1923, pleaded not guilty to the charge, and on April 4, 1923, was put upon trial and was convicted of murder in the second degree, his punishment being fixed by the jury at ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. Judgment of the court was entered sentencing him to ten years’ imprisonment in accordance with the verdict of the jury, from which he appeals to this court.

On the trial of this case in the court below,…