Sowells v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Second degree murder; sentence: fifteen years.

The appellant, the appellant’s brother, and the deceased, Oscar Bill Wright, were at the appellant’s home around noon on Saturday, July 19, 1975. They had been *1091drinking since the previous evening as was their custom on weekends. The deceased died as a result of a shotgun blast. The appellant, after waiving the appropriate Miranda warning, gave and signed the following confession:

“. . . ‘We was shooting craps, so he picked up $10.00 of my money one time. The lady that I live with don’t allow any gambling there, so she went to town to…