Vander Wielen v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

Louise Vander Wielen appeals from a conviction for murder in the second degree for the killing of her husband Charles Vander Wielen.

Appellant was jointly indicted with her son, Tommy Davidson, but a severance was granted and appellant was tried separately.

The facts are substantially as follows:

On the morning of May 21, 1968, the body of Charles Vander Wielen was found in the front seat of his automobile which had run off Interstate Highway 10 in Baldwin County Alabama. Death had resulted from a massive hemorrhage to the brain caused by a blow inflicted by a blunt…