FLOWERS v. STATE

No. 29,336.

236 Ind. 151 (1956)

139 N.E.2d 185

FLOWERS v. STATE OF INDIANA.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed December 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. George Nasser and John A. Kesler, of Terre Haute, for appellant.

Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General, Owen S. Boling and Richard M. Givan, Deputy Attorneys General, for appellee.


EMMERT, J.

This is an appeal, in forma pauperis, from a judgment on a verdict finding appellant guilty of murder in the first degree and fixing the penalty at death. The assignment of errors questions the actions of the trial court in overruling appellant's plea in abatement, and his motion for new trial.

On December 10, 1956, the Governor commuted appellant's sentence to imprisonment for life. The rule is...

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