Parker v. Mooneyham

Gregory, Justice.

Ronnie Deyton Mooneyham was convicted of the murder of Douglas McArthur Archer. Mooneyham’s co-defendant, Harold Rogers, with whom he was jointly tried, was found guilty of the voluntary manslaughter of Archer. The evidence at trial showed that Archer was killed by a single bullet, but was in conflict as to whether Mooneyham or Rogers fired the fatal shot. On direct appeal this court found the evidence supporting each verdict sufficient to meet the standard of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979), and affirmed both convictions. See Mooneyham v.…