Whiddon v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

In a trial before a jury, appellant was convicted of murder without malice, and her punishment was assessed at three (3) years. This appeal is from such conviction.

The State’s evidence reflects that police were called to the apartment of appellant and her husband, the deceased, about 3:00 o’clock A.M., November 2, 1969. They found the body of Marvin L. Whiddon lying dead on the floor of the apartment with a gunshot wound which entered in his back and penetrated the aorta, which wound, according to the medical examiner, caused the death. The appellant and her parents…