State v. Chandler

Ness, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of common law murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He seeks reversal contending the evidence was insufficient to submit the charge to the jury and that certain evidence should have been - ex- eluded because it was obtained pursuant to an unlawful search and seizure. We affirm.

Earl St. Clair Parker, Jr., was shot twice in the head from a distance of 10-12 inches during the night of June 15', 1975. As a result of the gunshot wounds, Parker expired on June 28, 1975. The State relied upon circumstantial evidence to prove the appellant committed the…