Wilson v. State

Benham, Justice.

Appellant Alonzo Wilson was found guilty of the malice murder of Selina Ridley and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He appeals the judgment of conviction, contending the trial court erred when it declined to give his requested jury instruction on the law of accident.

1. The State presented the testimony of a woman who saw a man and woman struggling near a car parked on a street in her neighborhood. The struggling woman was screaming for police assistance and saying the man was strangling her. When the witness drove closer, the man threatened to…