Nelson v. State

LAWSON, Justice.

Napoleon B. Nelson was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to •death by electrocution.

Nelson was represented upon arraignment and at the trial below by counsel of his own choosing. However, other counsel ■has been appointed by the trial court to represent appellant on appeal to this court under the provisions of Act No. 249, approved June 24, 1943, General Acts 1943, p. 217, 1947 Cum. Pocket Part, p. 61, Code 1940, Title 15, § 382(1) et seq.

One of the principal questions for review on this appeal arises from a denial of a motion for new trial upon the ground…