Ragland v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the first degree murder of fourteen year old William Harris. Sentence was life imprisonment. At trial the defendant was represented by retained counsel. The defendant was well represented on appeal by different counsel appointed by the court.

I

At trial, the defendant challenged the sufficiency of the evidence by a motion to exclude and a written request for the affirmative charge. Both were properly refused.

On Sunday morning, May 20, 1979, the defendant’s wife, Lenora Ragland, sent her brother, Roland Safford, and his friend, William…