Haygood v. State

STAKELY, Justice.

The appellant Perry Lee Haygood, alias Kemp Perry, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. His punishment was fixed at death by electrocution. This appeal comes to this court under the automatic appeal act. General Acts of 1943, p. 217 et seq., Code 1940, Tit. 15, § 382(1) et seq.

Jack Sims, witness for the state, by his own admission was an accomplice of appellant and like appellant has also been indicted for the murder of W. J. Trotter, deceased. According to his testimony, on Monday, February 2, 1948, at about 7.15 to 7.20 A.M. by prearrangement…