Collins v. State

The three-count indictment charged Demp Collins with three separate and distinct robberies of persons in Lowndes County. The appellant's counsel filed a written motion to quash the indictment, averring a misjoinder of offenses and a misjoinder of transactions, which was overruled prior to trial (R. pp. 4, 5).

Appellant's counsel also challenged the proof offered on trial by requesting an election, and by objection to the evidence, on the basis of a misjoinder of offenses, and further asserted the same points by motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and by motion for new trial, all…