Winsley v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime o-f murder in the first degree *392in the Circuit Court of Clay County and sentenced to die, and seeks a reversal of such judgment here on writ of error.

This being a case where the death penalty has been imposed, we have given the record' careful consideration and will discuss the contentions made in the brief and argument of the plaintiff in error in the order in which they are there presented.

After a careful consideration of the evidence, we have no hesitancy in arriving at the conclusion that the verdict returned by the jury…