Williams v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

In a four-count indictment, the appellant, Mary Ruth Williams, was charged with murdering Alfred Lee English, Jr., and committing aggravated assault against Alfred’s mother, Barbara English, and his two sisters, Betty and Anne Marie English. The appellant was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and three counts of simple assault. This appeal is from the denial of her motion for a new trial.

The state’s evidence showed that while the appellant’s ex-husband was driving away from the appellant’s home in the company of Barbara English and her three children, appellant…