State v. Haygood

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

For the killing of his former wife, Del-ford Haygood was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. He has appealed.

The evidence clearly authorized a finding of murder in the second degree, the defendant does not challenge its sufficiency, and we need not set out in detail the circumstances established by the state’s evidence. It is sufficient to say that about 4:30 o’clock in the morning of July 10, 1965, Rose Haygood died from a gunshot wound received from a gun in the hands of defendant after she and defendant had engaged in an…