Purcell v. State

After more careful study, I find that I cannot agree to the affirmance of this death penalty conviction and will state my reasons.

The homicide occurred during the early morning hours of March 4. The appellant, *277a 61 year old widower whose father had died in a State hospital for the insane and who lived alone with the aged mother of his deceased wife, was indicted later in the same day for murder growing out of her death and was forced to trial, over a motion for continuance, on March 18, which was eleven days after attorneys had been employed to defend him. The sole defense was that of…