Carter v. State

In the circuit court of the Second judicial district of Chickasaw county, the appellant, James Carter, and White McAllister were jointly indicted for the murder of- Randle Logan. A severance was granted, and this appellant was tried and convicted, and was sentenced to suffer the death penalty, and from this conviction and sentence he has prosecuted this appeal.

The state offered two witnesses, Willie Logan, the wife of the deceased, and Joe Crumpton, who testified as to the identity of the deceased’s assailants and the facts of the killing. The witness Willie Logan testified that her husband…