McClellan v. State

Plaintiff in error was indicted for an assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree and convicted of an assault with intent to commit murder in the second degree. The only question he presents on this writ of error taken by him is whether the evidence is legally sufficient to support the verdict, the judgment being in accord with the verdict.

While the legal effect of evidence or the lack of evidence in its relation to a verdict rendered in a trial, may by appropriate proceedings be reviewed by an appellate court, yet conflicts in competent testimony, the weight of legal evidence…