Adams v. State

MERRILL, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree of Eugene Henry Adams, Jr., aged sixteen, his son. The jury fixed punishment at life imprisonment in the penitentiary, and from a final judgment rendered accordingly, the defendant has perfected the instant appeal.

The State’s evidence, which consisted of testimony from one of the defendant’s sons, Gary, his wife, Juanita, two law enforcement officers, and the county coroner, tended to show that the defendant shot and killed his son, Henry, Jr. during the course of a family argument at their apartment residence on April…