DeBoor v. State

— Appellant was charged by indictment with the crime of first degree murder under Acts 1941, eh. 148, §1, p. 447, being §10-3401, Bums’ 1956 Replacement.

The indictment charged the killing of a human being (his stepson) purposely, and with premeditated malice. Upon a plea of not guilty appellant was tried by jury, found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced accordingly.

Fifty-five separate grounds are assigned for a new trial, fifty-four of which have been presented as errors for review by this court.

It has been our experience that the greater the number of errors assigned for…