State v. Evans

NEELY, Justice:

Appellant, Jeffrey Eugene Evans, was convicted of second degree murder after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Wyoming County on 27 July 1981.

Shortly after 9:00 p. m. on 19 September 1980, the appellant and Ernie Hall arrived at the appellant’s mobile home after an evening at a pool hall where the appellant had ingested a number of valium pills and some beer. At approximately 10:15 p. m. that evening the appellant’s wife, Robin Evans, came to the mobile home. An argument then started between the appellant and his wife. Ernie Hall stayed in the mobile home when Robin Evans…