Edmondson v. State

dissenting opinion.

LATTIMORE, Judge.

I can not agree to a reversal of this case for the reasons stated in the opinion of my Brother Morrow. There was no defense of alibi, as he states in his opinion, — in fact no witnesses were offered for the accused, and no such defense developed from any of the State witnesses. The State proved motive overwhelming, opportunity, threats, and by one who is barely an accomplice, if at all, — the actual killing of deceased. In the opinion of the writer this witness was amply corroborated. The record seems wholly bare of any suggestion of suicide by deceased,…