Richards v. State

Carley, Justice.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of malice murder. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and life sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdict.

Appellant enumerates only the general grounds. The jury was authorized to reject appellant’s theories of self-defense and accident. The testimony and physical evidence indicated that appellant was the aggressor throughout his struggle with the victim and that the pistol was intentionally fired from more than two feet away. When the evidence here is construed in the light of upholding the…