Phillips v. State

On August 13,1981, the defendant, Raymond C. Phillips, went to see his estranged wife at her place of employment, an elementary school, where she was a secretary. He was carrying some clothes that his wife had left behind when she moved out. Inside the clothes, he had concealed a .22 rifle. He motioned through a glass window for his wife. When she came into the hall, he shot five times. Some of the bullet fragments hit the ceiling, the door to the girl’s restroom, and the outside wall of the office. Mrs. Phillips was fatally wounded.

Phillips was charged with murder, aggravated assault upon…