Crosby v. State

Smith, Presiding Justice.

The appellant, Earnest Joe Crosby, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the malice murder of Bonnie Sue Oliphant. We affirm.

The appellant and the victim lived together; however, their relationship began deteriorating when the victim began having an affair with Roy Armentrout, and she moved into her own apartment. She continued seeing Mr. Armentrout until Mrs. Armentrout discovered them in the victim’s apartment. The appellant expressed his desire “to get even” when Mrs. Armentrout informed the appellant of her discovery.

The following week, on the day of the…