Porter v. State

THOMAS, Justice.

The appellant was charged with murder in the first degree alleged to have been committed'by shooting one Hazel Rowland with a pistol while he entertained a premeditated design to kill her. He was found guilty of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to serve the rest of his life in prison.

In his appeal the appellant submits three questions for decision: the propriety of admitting two photographs in evidence, the correctness of a charge on circumstantial evidence, and the sufficiency of the evidence to establish his guilt.

The photographs were taken in the kitchen where…