State v. Simpson

FRUGÉ, Justice.

The defendant, Dale Smith Simpson, who was tried for murder, convicted, and sentenced to be electrocuted, is appealing from the conviction and sentence.

During the course of the trial the defendant reserved fifty-three bills of exception. First we will take up the bills which have been briefed and argued on this appeal, discussing them singly or in groups as the dictates of clarity and convenience direct.

Bill of Exception No. 1 was reserved to the court’s refusal to grant a continuance of file pleadings. On September 22, 1948, ■when counsel for the defendant were appointed, they…