Nix v. State

Nix was convicted of murder, and complains that the court erred in refusing to grant him a new trial.

1. Complaint is made in the motion that the court erred in refusing to give numerous instructions as requested. After a careful reading of the charge, we have reached the conclusion that, so far as these requests contained propositions of law which were legal and pertinent, they were sufficiently covered by the general charge, which appears to be free from any error which was so prejudicial to the accused as to require a reversal of the judgment. The only requests which have given us any…