Douglas v. State

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Murder in the first degree; sentence, life imprisonment.

This appeal was submitted without an appellant’s brief, but the record shows that he is not indigent.

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The State’s evidence showed that at about 6:30 in the morning, July 6, 1971, James Larry Douglas shot and killed one Asa Aaron “Ace” Williams in the presence of several eyewitnesses. Appellant’s defense was not guilty by reason of insanity.

On the morning in question, Douglas was looking for his estranged wife and stopped at Fat Man’s Cafe where she had worked. The night before they had had a violent argument and…