Pope v. State

Elsijane T. Roy, Justice.

Appellant Jeffery (Buddy) Pope was charged with first degree murder. The charge arose from the fatal shooting of Shorty Luster. Appellant admitted shooting the deceased but alleged self-defense. A jury trial resulted in appellant’s conviction of second degree murder and a twenty-year sentence was imposed. The State’s petition to revoke suspended sentence was also granted by the court, and a five-year sentence was imposed to run concurrently with the sentence of second degree murder.

For reversal appellant first contends that the verdict was contrary to the law and the…