Moon v. State

Weltner, Justice.

David Richard Moon shot and killed Robert C. Busby, from ambush, with a shotgun. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.1

The custody of Moon’s three sons and a foster child had been awarded to his former wife during divorce proceedings. Moon thereafter sought, unsuccessfully, to obtain custody. Moon said he believed that his former wife provided an unfit and improper environment for the raising of his children, and that her present husband, the victim, was cruel toward them. He once threatened the victim during an exchange of physical custody of the children.

Sever…