Cavert v. State

Douglas Cavert, referred to herein as the defendant, has appealed from a judgment sentencing him to the penitentiary for twenty-one years for first degree murder. He was jointly indicted with his wife, Cremelle Cavert, for killing Charles Cassaway. At the time of the homicide the defendant was twenty years of age.

By the second count in the indictment the defendant was charged with being an accessory before the fact, in that he moved, incited, procured and commanded his said wife to murder Charles Cassaway.

Upon the first trial the defendant and his wife were jointly convicted of first degree…