Scott v. State

Gregory, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of the murder of his seventeen-year-old stepson and sentenced to life imprisonment. In a statement to the jury prior to the trial of the case, defense counsel stipulated that the defendant shot the victim with a .22 revolver, but maintained the evidence would show the shooting was accidental.

The undisputed evidence at trial established that on the night of the victim’s death the defendant and his wife, the victim’s mother, were involved in a disagreement over an undetermined matter. When Mrs. Scott attempted to leave their bedroom, the defendant…