State v. Tidwell

MEYER, Justice.

On Sunday morning, 27 September 1987, in front of at least three witnesses at a Wilmington gas station, defendant stabbed and killed his estranged wife, Mavies. Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The State’s evidence tended to show the following: Ms. Katherine Williams testified that she had worked with defendant as a postal clerk at the United States Post Office for approximately three years. Defendant was living in the same apartment complex as Ms. Williams’ husband. Ms. Williams saw defendant in the parking lot at about 8:00…