Hicks v. State

The appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted for the murder of Harry R. Miller. He, together with William Kuhlman, Frank Williams, and John Poholsky were indicted in five counts, and he was found guilty on the third count which charged murder in the first degree and the death penalty was fixed as his punishment. The other three co-defendants pleaded guilty to the charge contained in the third count, were sentenced to death and have been duly electrocuted. The appellant alone entered a plea of not guilty and stood trial although the evidence clearly shows that he was the instigator of and…