Durham v. State

Marshall, Justice.

Appellant, King David Durham, prosecutes this appeal from his conviction of murder in Ware County. For this offense he was sentenced to life in prison.

On the morning of March 9, 1976, shortly after 3 a.m., appellant came to the apartment of a neighbor in Waycross and stated that he had killed his wife. Appellant requested that the neighbor shoot him. When the neighbor declined to do so, appellant left. The neighbor called the police.

A police officer, responding to the call, arrived in the area and found the appellant walking away from the scene of the crime. When stopped by…