Wiggins v. State

The appellant, Finley Wiggins, was indicted by the Jefferson County Grand Jury for the murder of Chester Williams. Trial was had with the jury finding him guilty of murder in the second degree. The trial court sentenced him to a term of fifty years' imprisonment in the state penitentiary. From that conviction he now appeals in forma pauperis.

On August 31, 1979, appellant was employed by Mrs. Emma Williams, widow of the victim, to provide entertainment at her daughter's wedding reception. That evening, when leaving the reception, the appellant and his wife found that one of the tires on their…