Blakewood v. State

Atkinson, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

The first special ground of motion is in the nature of a repetition of the general grounds, with the specification that (a) there was no evidence of an intent to kill, (b) no evidence of express malice, (e) no evidence of implied malice, (d) no presumption of implied malice.(a) There being evidence that the accused poured alcohol upon the body and clothing of his wife, that alcohol is highly inflammable, that the accused then applied a match, and that his wife died as a result of the burns, this was sufficient evidence for the jury to find…