Hill v. State

Undercofler, Justice.

Steven Ray Yancey, a taxicab driver, was found dead of gunshot wounds next to his cab on a rural dirt road near the city of Carrollton, Carroll County, on the afternoon of March 30,1973. The appellant, Alice Askew Hill, was indicted for Yancey’s murder along with Lonnie Kidd and her brother, David Lee Askew. She was given a separate trial, found guilty, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Her amended motion for new trial was overruled, and she appeals.

The state’s evidence showed substantially the following: At approximately 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. on March 30, 1973, three…