Mitchell v. State

Anderson, J.,

delivered opinion of the court.

Appellant was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Wilkinso-n county of the murder of John Credit, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Prom that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The body of the crime was amply proven by competent witnesses. The question was whether appellant and his codefendant, Steve Bethel, Jr., were the criminal agents who committed the homicide. Appellant was granted a severance and tried separately. The state introduced no eyewitness to prove appellant’s criminal agency. For that purpose it introduced Wood,…