Thomas v. State

TERRELL, J.:

Appellant was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree with recommendation to mercy. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary and comes here by appeal contending that he should be relieved of that judgment.

He says that the evidence does not support the judgment of conviction, that prejudicial evidence was permitted to go to the jury, and that the charge of the court was prejudicial.

Summarized, the stark facts are that appellant and the deceased were truck drivers, had worked together all day the day of the homicide, and played pool in the evening at…