Pettiford v. State

GIVAN, Judge.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of two counts of Murder. He received a sentence of sixty (60) years on each count, to be served concurrently.

The facts are: The decedents in this case, John W. Fields and DeWitt Everett, were proprietors in what was described as a social club or "after hours joint." They offered drinking, marijuana, and gambling. Ulysses Threats worked there tending bar and selling marijuana. At trial, Threats identified appellant as one of the suppliers of marijuana. Threats testified that on January 12, 1983 he saw appellant and another man…