Smith v. State

Benham, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from Jimmy Lee Smith’s conviction for felony murder. The victim’s body was found behind a dumpster. Smith’s wife told the police that she saw him cut up a blood-stained square of carpet and wipe off a large stick, which she described as a baseball bat that Smith kept behind their apartment door. Based on that information, police officers searched the apartment, discovering blood stains on the floor and carpet, a hole in the carpet, blood stains on a mop and pail, and a broken window with glass inside and out. Smith was arrested for the victim’s murder.…