State v. Blanks

Tbe State’s evidence tended to show that the homicide occurred on the afternoon of Sunday, 1 November, 1948, at the home of Owen Graham, in the presence of a number of witnesses who had gathered there. Graham and another were seated in an automobile in front of the house, and the deceased had walked up near by when the defendant came from behind the bouse with a shotgun. He approached within 10 or 11 feet of the deceased and said to him, “Stick em up.” This he repeated three times. The deceased raised his hands as high as his head, and the defendant then shot him, killing him instantly. After…