McGee v. State

Weltner, Justice.

Jack McGee shot and killed Charles Groves with a handgun. He was convicted of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and was sentenced to life imprisonment and a term of years.1

Groves was employed as a welder in McGee’s machine shop. McGee, while standing in the doorway of his shop, told the investigating officer that he had shot Groves, and pointed to the rear of the building where Groves was lying on the floor. After Miranda warnings, McGee stated: “I shot the_because he was trying to take everything I had. ... He tried to get me to sign the…