Humphrey v. State

Hill, Chief Justice.

The defendant was convicted on May 12,1983, of the murder of Harold “Sonny” Whiddon and for tampering with evidence. He received a life sentence for the murder and one year to be served concurrently for tampering with the evidence.

For a short time before his death, the victim lived with the defendant at the defendant’s farm. On the evening of January 25, 1983, the defendant and the victim went to a fishfry in Bainbridge where they ate, drank alcohol, played pool, and helped clean up. They left about midnight, rode around town for a while, and then went back to the farm.…