State v. Andrews

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jackson, J.:

In the court below, the appellant was charged with three counts of first degree murder in that it was alleged that he shot and killed his mother, his father and his sister. These astounding matters were all alleged to have happened at the same time. The appellant-defendant pleaded not guilty by way of insanity at the time of the acts charged. Defendant was duly tried upon the charges in the information and the jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree as to each of the three counts, and further assessed the death penalty upon each…