Merritt v. State

Nov 14, 1929
No. 7291
Reporters:
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Before:
Hill
Hill, J.

It appearing to ‍​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‍this court that the defendant in ‍​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‍this case has been tried, convicted, sentenced ‍​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‍and executed for a capital felony, the ‍​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‍case has become moot.

Writ of error ‍​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‍dismissed.

All the Justices concur.