State v. Severns

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

Walter Ray Severns was tried on an information charging him with murder in the first degree of Inez Viola Burling, *454eight years of age. The jury found him guilty as charged and determined the punishment to be death. Defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied and judgment rendered on the verdict. Defendant appeals, specifying that the court erred in its rulings on the introduction of evidence, in submitting the cause to the jury on the charge of murder in the first degree, and in instructing the jury.

In order that appellant’s contentions be…