Turk v. State

TYSON, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was indicted for the first degree murder of John Edward Harbin “by shooting him with a pistol.” The jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the first degree as charged and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. The trial court then set sentence in accordance with this verdict.

Mrs. Charlotte Harbin, the wife of the victim, testified that the last time she saw her husband alive was around 7:00 a. m., Friday, December 13,1974. She stated that on Sunday, December 15, 1974, she viewed the body of her husband at Johns-Ridouts Funeral Home.

Jefferson…