State v. Murphy

HENRIOD, Justice:

Appeal from a first-degree murder conviction. Affirmed.

An abstract of the pertinent evidence most favorable to the State, fairly may be stated as follows: Defendant Murphy shot and killed one Floyd, which occurred under the following circumstances: At 5:00 a. m., August 20, 1970, Murphy called the number of a married girl friend with whom he had been intimate and over whom he and Floyd had argued. He told whoever answered the phone that the next time he saw Floyd, God would too. Prior thereto he had made numerous threats to kill the latter. Frightened, Floyd then borrowed a…