Layton v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of relief under Post-Conviction Remedy Rule 1. It seeks to present two issues:

I. Did the defendant waive his objection to the State’s interrogating the prospective jurors with reference to their beliefs concerning the death penalty, by stipulating that the examination not be reported?

II. Was the verdict of guilty in the retrial of the case invalid by reason of the State’s having so interrogated the veniremen ?

The defendant was tried in 1961 on charges of first degree murder. He was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. The judgment was reversed by…