Lattimore v. State

The appellant was charged by information with the crime of second degree murder, for the fatal stabbing of his wife. Upon a non-jury trial, he was found and adjudged guilty, was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of ten years, and appealed.

In response to a call to the police, shown to have been made by the appellant, reporting that a woman had been cut, a police officer went to the address given, which was the appellant’s residence. On entering and inquiring with reference thereto, the officer was led by the appellant to a bedroom where he observed a woman lying on a bed bleeding from stab…