Stewart v. State

CHAPMAN, C. J.:

The appellant, Irvan Stewart, was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree by a Polk County grand jury for the unlawful killing of Earnest Reynolds on the 29th day of March, 1945. He was arraigned, placed upon trial, and by a jury of Polk County convicted of murder in the second degree and by the trial court sentenced to imprisonment in the State Prison at hard labor for a period of twenty years. He has perfected an appeal here.

Counsel for appellant pose for adjudication several questions which arose during the progress of the trial in the court below. In his brief…