People v. Wheeler

Opinion

HERNDON, J.

The verdict of the jury in this case convicting the appellants Eugene and Billy Wheeler of first degree murder is supported by an unusual accumulation of direct and circumstantial evidence so incriminating as to eliminate any basis for even a scintilla of doubt. The voluminous transcripts of the testimony record the sickening story of a brutal, deliberate and premeditated killing, ridiculously senseless in its motivation and utterly savage in its execution. The vicious and remorseless nature of the killers is emphasized by the vulgarity and obscenity of the language in which…