Willis v. State

The indictment charged William Thomas Willis with the first degree murder of his wife, Judy Sandra Bradford Willis. The jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at twenty years imprisonment. The trial court entered judgment in accordance with this verdict. The appellant's motion for new trial was denied.

On November 30, 1975, Judy Sandra Bradford Willis died after being shot with a .243 Sako rifle which fired while in the hands of her appellant-husband. The appellant claimed in his testimony at trial, and in a statement which he had given to the…