Taylor v. State

Ed. F. MoPaddin, Justice.

Lucy Taylor was convicted of second degree murder on an information charging her with having killed Earl Sullivan by striking him over the head with a certain blunt instrument. Prom that conviction she has appealed. The only question that has given us serious concern is whether the evidence was sufficient to take the case to the jury. The defendant offered no evidence, hut relied on the insufficiency of the State’s case. Viewed in its most favorable light, the evidence offered by the State proved, or tended to prove, these facts:

The deceased was infatuated with the…