Gober v. State

Gregory, Justice.

Appellant, Issac Gober, was indicted in Newton County for murder and for two counts of aggravated assault. His motion to sever was denied, and he was tried on all three counts of the indictment before the same jury.

Gober lived with Willie Mae Parks, the murder victim, at her residence. On the afternoon of June 5,1980, Gober and the victim’s son, Eddie Brown, went out drinking and together consumed a pint of gin and three eight-packs of beer. Shortly before midnight the two returned and Gober asked the victim’s daughter, Sarah Brown, where her mother was. She replied that her…