Parks v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

Convicted in Hamilton County Criminal Court of second degree murder of Willie E. Mahaffey and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, the appellant, William M. Parks, appeals in error.

The appellant, age 62, was engaged in selling whiskey and on March 2,1975, sold a half-pint of whiskey to the deceased who was cooperating with the Chattanooga police in making the purchase. This resulted in the appellant’s arrest. A few hours later, the deceased, then intoxicated, returned to the appellant’s home and in the bedroom the appellant fatally shot him with a pistol.…