People v. Brannon

Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to imprisonment for the term of his natural life. From the judgment and an order refusing him a new trial he appeals. His principal point is that he was formerly acquitted of the same offense but that he was denied an opportunity to plead such former acquittal.

The facts necessary to an understanding of appellant’s chief contention are these: By an indictment containing two counts defendant was charged, in count one, with an assault with a deadly weapon upon his wife, Helen Brannon, with intent to commit murder, and in…