Cannon v. State

Marshall, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Eddie B. Cannon, was convicted of three crimes. First, he was convicted of the murder of Ralph Price. Second, he was convicted of the commission of an aggravated assault upon Virginia Cannon, who is the appellant’s wife, although at the time of the commission of the crimes in this case they were living in a bona fide state of separation. Third, he was convicted of the commission of burglary, resulting from his breaking into Ms. Cannon’s house with the intent to commit a felony therein. He was given a sentence of life imprisonment for the murder…