Court Opinion

ID: 9776017
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 19:16:39.082188+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:32.965990
License: Public Domain

ONION, Presiding Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur in the result reached. I dissent vigorously to the action of this court in disposing of ground of error number one by considering affidavits, etc., which were not properly before the trial court. It makes no difference whether the issue is a federal constitutional issue or a state constitutional issue or whatever. If the court had found merit in the contention by reviewing the affidavits, would this court have been justified in reversing without there having been a hearing on the motion for new trial and without the State being heard? This departure from established procedure is wrong. The fact that the case carries the death penalty should not authorize the departure. Will we hear again about what this court does today?