Zuber v. State

Marshall, Justice.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of malice murder, for which he received a life sentence. We affirm.

1. Evidence to the following effect was adduced at the trial. The 68-year-old victim, Ruth Ivory, lived with her brother, Tom Howard, who was sickly and had an alcohol problem. The appellant rented from Howard a house next door for $40 a month. The appellant spent a great deal of time at the home of the victim and her brother, eating dinner there every day (paying what the victim considered an inadequate amount therefor), watching TV, bathing, borrowing Tom’s…