Phillips v. State

Lonnie Phillips was indicted for the murder of Fred Craft. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court; whereupon the defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. A motion for new trial was overruled, and he excepted.

The first and second special grounds of the motion relate to *13newly discovered evidence, and were argued, and will be treated here, together. The evidence as set out in the first ground is by Dr. E. M. McDonald, to the effect that he was called on to make an examination of Lonnie Phillips, in Jackson County jail, on March 12,…