Hines v. State

L. S. MOORE, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Pike County for the offense of murder in the second degree. His motion for a new trial was overruled by the trial court. Hence, this appeal.

The evidence on behalf of the State tends to show that Joseph Phillip Shultz, Jr., the victim of the alleged murder, and Ralph Paul Boehm and Ronald Dobson were in the military service and were stationed at Ft. Rucker; that on the night of February 12 or early morning of February 13, 1971, they proceeded in a car owned by and driven by Shultz…