Harris v. State

Prank Holt, Associate Justice.

On the night of December 20,1963, the home of Leonard Dover was destroyed by fire. The bodies of Leonard Dover, his wife, and four of their children were found in the ruins. Two other children escaped. The appellant, Frank Harris, was subsequently convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Leonard Dever. That case is not before us. In the case at bar the appellant was charged by an information with the joint crimes of the murders of Mrs. Martha Dever and her four children, Nelle, Joanne, Sharon and Janette Dever, while in the perpetration of…