Brooks v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

Appellant was tried on an indictment charging her with murder in the first degree of J. P. Carmack, by shooting him with a pistol. A jury found her guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed her punishment at imprisonment for twenty-five years. She was sentenced accordingly.

Defendant was represented on the trial by employed counsel. After her conviction, she was declared an indigent; she is represented on appeal by counsel appointed by the court, who did not represent her on the trial.

Most of the material facts are undisputed. Defendant had driven an…