Fields v. State

Chase, District Judge.

Plaintiff in error, Leonard Fields, was, with one Walter Brown, jointly charged with the crime of murder for the slaying of one Wayne Rank. Both defendants demanded separate trials which were allowed by the trial court, and both were convicted of murder in the second degree. The plaintiff in error presents the record of his conviction to this court for review.

The evidence, which, in the main, is without serious dispute, shows that the plaintiff in error (who will be hereinafter termed the accused), together with a man by the name of Walter Brown, whose wife is a cousin…