Droke v. State

Weltner, Justice.

Droke was convicted of shooting and killing his wife with a high-powered rifle. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Mrs. Droke’s body was found approximately one hundred feet from the dining room window of Droke’s home. Dust on the window frame indicated recent removal of a screen. Wood splinters were found in the dining room near the window. Other splinters were found outside the house, dispersed in a semi-circular pattern. The state’s ballistics expert testified that the nature and placement of the splinters indicated that the edge of the window…