Ringer v. State

Donald Ringer, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing one Carl W. Moore on October 16, 1924, and, in response to the verdict fixing the penalty, was sentenced to suffer death. Alleging that there was prejudicial error upon the trial, the defendant has brought the record of his conviction to this court for review. It is first urged that the court erred in overruling the defendant’s plea in abatement. It appears that, when the defendant was about to be arraigned, his‘ counsel in open court stated that he desired to present a plea in…