Leaver v. State

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree after a trial by jury in the Floyd Circuit Court and was sentenced to be imprisoned in the Indiana State Prison for and during his natural life.

The appellant, in his assignment of errors, urged that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for a new trial. The argument was addressed to three basic issues. First, the appellant claimed the lower court erred in overruling his motion in admitting into evidence certain photographs made of the accused; second, the lower court erred in admitting into evidence a letter of communication…