Jackson v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to 99 years in the penitentiary.

According to the evidence, the body of Mrs. Vera Hardwick was found inside her store on September 4, 1965, about 8 o’clock A.M. She was last seen alive in front of her store at 5:30 A.M. About 6:10 the same morning a passing motorist saw two cars leaving the front of the store; one car was being pushed by the other. Three boys, Ocie Heard, Wilbur Holmes *623and Percy Moore were passing the Hard-wick store and saw defendant’s car in front of the store. Defendant asked…