Jackson v. State

MERRILL, Justice.

Appellant was tried in the Circuit Court, of Russell County under an indictment charging the offense of rape. He entered a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity; he was found guilty as charged and sentenced to death in the electric chair. This appeal is prosecuted under the automatic appeal statute. Code 1940, Title 15, Sec. 382(1) et seq.

The record shows that all the legal requirements appertaining to a capital case were properly met, leaving for our consideration only the questions of sufficiency of the evidence, charges, rulings *530on evidence, and the…