State v. Goodwin

LEEDY, Judge.

Marcus Goodwin was convicted of murder in the first degree in having killed Ma-zie Lee, and he appeals from the judgment sentencing him to the extreme penalty as fixed by the verdict.

The trial was exceedingly brief, having begun and ended on the same day. That portion of the transcript embodying the evidence consists of about thirty-five pages, thus indicating the likelihood that not more than one hour was consumed in hearing the evidence. Such extreme brevity would naturally affect the error potential of the trial, and perhaps account, at least in part, for the want of more…