State v. Cockrell

Stacy, 0. J.

Tbe State’s evidence was quite sufficient to make out a case of murder in tbe'first degree. The defendant’s evidence, on the other hand, supported his version of the matter. The jury has returned a capital verdict and rejected the defendant’s plea of self-defense in a trial free from reversible error. We can do none other than uphold the judgment.

Berry Joyner was called as a witness for the prosecution. He was asked on cross-examination “if he had not been accused of breaking up three homes before this time?” Objection sustained; exception. While the ruling on this objection might…