Thompson v. State

Weltner, Justice.

Rooney Thompson shot and killed Richard Jenkins with a handgun. He was convicted of malice murder and sentenced to life impris onment.

1. The record contains a full account of hostility between Thompson and the victim, arising from Thompson’s relationship with the victim’s sister. On one occasion, the two men exchanged gunfire. Shortly before the killing, Thompson was heard to say “[T]his is not over with yet . . . ’cause I’m going to get him ’cause he ain’t got no business hitting me with that iron pipe . . . I’m going down here and I’m going to kill him.”

2. On the night of…