State v. Duncan

The verdict of the jury, convicting appellant of the crime of murder in the first degree, was returned and filed on April 3, 1917. A motion for a new trial upon the statutory grounds in the language of the statute was served and filed April 4, 1917. The motion was argued in the court below and by it denied on April 24, 1917, and on the same date, the judgment and sentence of the court on the verdict was filed and entered. On April 25, 1917, appellant served and filed his notice of appeal to this court, and no bond being required in a criminal case, the notice of appeal constituted his appeal…