Lanier v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

The indictment charged murder in the first degree. Conviction was for murder in the second degree with a sentence of twelve years in the penitentiary.

The evidence is undisputed that Wilson Lanier killed one Arthur Thomas by shooting him with a pistol. Lanier claimed self defense.

Willie James Jones, a witness for the state, testified he heard a part of the conversation between the deceased and defendant and that as he started into the house he heard three shots fired. Thereupon he stepped back on the porch and saw defendant shoot deceased four times while deceased was…