Hinton v. State

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appellant, James Earl Hinton, was indicted- in Pickens County for the offense of murder in the first degree, found guilty and sentenced to death. His appeal here is under the provisions of the automatic appeal statute. Act No. 249, appvd., June 24, 1943, Gen.Acts 1943, p. 217; 1955 Cum. Pocket Part, Code 1940, Tit. 15, § 382(1) et seq.; Recompiled Code 1958 (unofficial), Tit. 15, § 382(1) et seq.

The indictment charges that appellant “unlawfully and with malice aforethought, killed Zack Rufus Collins, by stabbing or cutting him with a knife.”

Appellant was represented at his,…