State v. Goforth

STEWART, Judge.

James William Goforth, defendant, was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The jury was unable to agree on punishment. The court sentenced defendant to thirty years imprisonment. We affirm.

Defendant complains of the trial court’s failure to sustain defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of the State’s case and also its failure to sustain the motion for acquittal at the close of defendant’s case. Defendant argues that the State did not establish the corpus delicti and the criminal agency. The other issues urged by defendant are concerned with…