Burgy v. State

JOHN A. Fogleman, Justice.

Charles Burgy was a roomer in a rooming house of which John Nichols was the proprietor. On May 4, 1973, Nichols died as a result of a gunshot wound inflicted by Burgy on that date at a time when Nichols was at or near the doorway to Burgy’s room. There were no eyewitnesses, other than Burgy, who claimed that the shooting was done in self-defense. Burgy’s sole point for reversal is that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict finding him guilty of second degree murder. We find that it was sufficient.

Of course, the killing being admitted, the burden of…