State v. Jiles

Defendant-appellant, Charles Jiles, was indicted for murder in tbe first degree for the killing of his únele, Booker Hinton.

Trial resulted- in a verdict of murder in the second degree and appeal followed.

The fatal shot was fired in a home occupied by defendant and his mother. Present at time of the shooting was defendant’s blind mother Minnie Hess, and Louise Hood, a former wife of decedent Hinton.

Defendant arrived home about 9 p.m., October 18, 1964, drank some wine, talked to his mother and Mrs. Hood, and shortly after midnight had a long-distance telephone conversation with his girl friend…