Ranger v. State

Hill, Presiding Justice.

Victor Ranger was indicted for the malice murder of his pregnant girl friend, Helena Carter, and the felony murder of her child who was prematurely born after she was shot. He appeals from his convictions and sentences to life in prison imposed on September 2, 1981, following a jury trial.

The defendant’s father testified that when he arrived home on December 8, 1980, at approximately 6 p.m., the defendant and Helena Carter were talking in the living room of the Ranger home. Helena Carter was 15 years old and six to seven months pregnant. Although she had previously…