State v. Moorehead

Clitus Moorehead was charged with the February 4,1968, unlawful and purposeful slaying of Rena *167Streitenberger while attempting to commit robbery. The defendant waived a trial by jury and, on November 20, 1968, he was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to die in the electric chair.

The state offered two eyewitnesses to the killing, the daughter of the deceased and the daughter’s boyfriend, both of whom identified the defendant and the weapon. They testified that at approximately 11:00 p. m. on February 4th four men in an automobile went to Rena’s Motel oh West Third Street in…