Young v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence of death rendered upon a verdict finding the plaintiff in error guilty of murder and assessing the death penalty. On the 1st day of December, 1919, the county attorney filed an information in the district court of Greer county, charging the defendant, Levi Young, with the murder of Tom Johnson, in said county on or about the 11th day of November, 1919. Upon arraignment it appearing that the defendant was destitute of means to employ counsel, the court appointed counsel to conduct his defense. On the 18th day of February, 1920, the defendant was…