State v. Collins

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Though defendant’s appeal is subject to dismissal because his brief did not link the various points argued to his assignments of error, as required by Rule 28(b)(3) of Rules of Appellate Procedure, making it necessary, in each instance, for us to check the entire collection of assignments, of which there is a great number, because of the gravity of the case we choose to dispose of it on the merits. In doing so, however, it is not necessary to discuss all of defendant’s many contentions of error, none of which have merit.

Defendant’s hopes for an acquittal were largely based…