Tooson v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Appellant, Hayes Tooson, was indicted by a grand jury of Jefferson County for the first degree murder of Bobby Alvin Duke, Jr. Upon his trial, a petit jury found him guilty and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. Judgment and sentence were in accord with the verdict of the jury. Tooson appealed to this Court. There was no motion for a new trial.

Tooson was represented by counsel throughout the proceedings in the trial court, at arraignment, during the trial and at the time sentence was pronounced and judgment entered. He is represented here by…