White v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the first-degree murder of William Stinson. Sentence was life imprisonment.

The only issue raised on appeal is the refusal of the trial judge to give six of the defendant's written requested charges.

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Requested Charge 20:

"In determining the credibility of witnesses, the jury should also consider the manner of their testifying, whether they were frank and open or whether they were evasive and should take into consideration the witness' character and any admitted acts of wrongdoing."

On the credibility of witnesses, the trial judge charged:

"The…