Wilkins v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, C. J.:

Thomas Marshall Wilkins was convicted by a jury of the second degree murder of his wife, Jo Aline Wilkins. Wilkins appeals, raising twelve claims of error. We find no error, and affirm. Since many of appellant’s objections have either been waived or are devoid of merit, we choose to discuss only four of those issues: (1) the juror selection process; (2) the admission of appellant’s inculpatory statements; (3) the Allen charge to the jury; and (4) the sufficiency of the evidence.

THE FACTS

In November, 1976, a bottle hunter discovered the badly decomposed…