State v. Covington

TITUS, Judge.

Tommy Lee Covington (hereinafter defendant) was jury-convicted of second degree murder in the killing of Robert Thompson on August 10, 1976, at Caruth-ersville. In accordance with the verdict, defendant was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment.

The sole point relied on is: “The court erred in not sustaining the Appellant’s Motion [for judgment of acquittal] at the close of the State’s case for the reason that the State had failed to show the cause of death of the deceased and in so doing had failed in establishing a corpus delicti.” (Our emphasis).

Defendant offered evidence in his…