White v. State

The defendant was indicted for the shotgun slaying of his wife, Roberta White. A jury convicted him of second degree murder and set sentence at twenty-five years' imprisonment.

Although the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict was attacked by the defendant's motion for a new trial, no specific objection has been raised. Basically, the State's case was that the defendant intentionally shot his wife following an argument and a day during which both he and his wife had been drinking. The defendant maintained that neither he nor his wife knew that the shotgun was loaded. During an…