State v. Cooper

Oxner, Justice:

Upon an indictment charging him with the murder of his wife,'Mamie Cooper, appellant was tried at the March, 1947, term of the Court of General Sessions of Marion County. He admitted killing his wife on November 11, 1946, by stabbing and cutting her with a knife, and pleaded self-defense. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty of murder and appellant was duly sentenced to death by electrocution. From this judgment, he appeals.

The first question to be considered is whether the evidence was sufficient to support a conviction of murder. Appellant contends that the State failed…