McKinney v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the Circuit Court for Dade County of the murder of James Balton and sentenced to death. The case is brought here by writ of error.

The transcript of the record which was filed in this court upon the return of the writ did not show that the defendant -below had been arraigned or had pleaded to the indictment or that any judgment had been entered in the case.

On the 24th of April, seven days after the return day of the writ of error a certified copy of the judgment and sentence in the case was filed in this court, and on the 23rd day of May of this year,…