Allen v. State

Billie Allen was convicted of the murder of Charles Darren Andrews and sentenced to twelve years in the penitentiary. He raises three questions on appeal.

I

First, Allen argues that the State's evidence was insufficient to convict him of murder because it was his brother-in-law, Albert Stringer, who shot the deceased, and there was no evidence proving that Allen conspired with Stringer to kill Andrews.

The State's evidence established that, several months prior to the fatal shooting, Andrews (the murder victim) had beaten Allen severely in a barroom brawl. Allen later stated that he would "get…