Roger v. State

Mobley, Justice.

Robert Lee Roger, Jr., was charged with the murder of Patsy Joseph Mastro by shooting him with a shotgun, and was convicted with a recommendation of mercy. On appeal the defendant asserts that the evidence, which was entirely circumstantial, was not sufficient to support the verdict, and that errors were committed in the admission of. certain evidence on the trial.

In its attempt to prove that the defendant had committed the homicide, the State introduced evidence to show that an affair existed between the deceased and the defendant’s wife. As a part of the proof of the…