Kirksey v. State

JONES, Justice.

This case was transferred to the Supreme Court from the Court of Criminal Appeals on May 9, 1973. Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree in the Circuit Court of Monroe County and prosecutes this appeal in forma pauperis.

The defendant, Miles Kirksey, was sen-fenced to twenty years in the penitentiary for the unlawful slaying of Catherine Odom on December 31, 1971. The deceased was shot through the neck by a shotgun blast. The defendant admitted killing Catherine but contended that such was the result of an accident. The evidence in the case was in conflict and…