McKissick v. State

Benham, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of the murder of his wife, whose nude body containing fifty-nine knife wounds was found in a wooded area six days after she was last seen in November 1990.

1. Appellant contends the trial court erred when it denied his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal. The State presented evidence that appellant was estranged from the victim, and that he picked her up at her residence on November 19, 1990, to go shopping for their daughter. The victim was not seen alive again. Six days later, her nude, stabbed and scratched body was found in a wooded area 40-45…