State v. Anderson

ELLETT, Justice:

The defendant appeals from a conviction of murder in the first degree and the life sentence imposed thereon. He admits killing the victim but claims it was done in necessary self-defense.

The undisputed facts show that the defendant and the deceased were acquaintances for three or four days, during which time they were drinking and carousing together ; that during that time the deceased received cash in the amount of $385 and spent considerable money on “parties”: that the defendant was unemployed and never paid anything for room and board to his grandmother with whom he lived;…