Lindsey v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

1. The evidence in this case shows that shortly before the homicide of the defendant’s wife he came to a neighbor’s home, shotgun in hand, and asked whether she had heard a shot; shortly thereafter there was a gun blast. Another neighbor testified that the defendant had come to his house, complained that his wife had thrown him out along with the gun, and added, "I guess I’ll have to go and kill her.” A third witness testified that the defendant had made the same statement a few days previously. The wife was found dead with what appeared to be a shotgun wound in her…