State v. Caldwell

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

Appellant appeals as of right his conviction for committing the offense of murder in the first degree with a sentence of life imprisonment.

Among the eleven issues raised by appellant is an attack on the sufficiency of the evidence in this case. With that in mind, we will narrate the facts adduced at trial.

In the afternoon hours of Thursday, March 26, 1981, the appellant shot and killed the decedent, Carl Lipford. The homicide took place on the James Gardner farm in Henderson County where appellant resided. Appellant suspected the decedent of being responsible for the…