Ivey v. State

Appellant was convicted of the robbery of one Ledbetter by exhibition of a pistol and sentenced to the state penitentiary for twelve years.

On this appeal he urges (1) that the trial court should have granted to him a peremptory instruction, or, if not, should have awarded a new' trial, because the verdict of the jury was against the great weight of the evidence; (2) that certain evidence was incompetent and was wrongfully admitted before the jury, and (3) the district attorney, in his argument to the jury, used language not justified and which was prejudicial to him.

The first two contentions…