Anders v. State

CARR, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for murder in the second degree. The punishment imposed was ten years in the State penitentiary.

The appellant, Velo Anders, and the deceased, John Sparkman, were brothers-in-law. They married sisters.

In this case, as in many others we are called upon to review, excessive consumption of intoxicating liquor seemed to have influenced the circumstances which led finally to the homicide.

The accused admitted that he shot Sparkman' with a shotgun, but claimed self defense.

The fatal wound was inflicted at close range and death ensued…