Coffey v. State

LAWSON, Justice.

The appellant was indicted for the murder of Dr. James W. Walker. He was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to- suffer the death penalty. He interposed pleas of “not guilty” and “not guilty by reason of insanity.”

That he killed Dr. James E. Walker is without contradiction in the evidence. The fact that the indictment stated the middle initial of deceased to be “W” whereas the proof showed it to be “E” is not material. The law knows but one Christian name and the insertion, omission, or misstatement of the middle name or initial of the defendant or the…