Knowles v. State

Undercofler, Chief Justice.

These appeals are from convictions for murder and sentences of life imprisonment. Sara Bell Longshore is the widow of the victim, Jimmy Bernard Longshore. Eula Belle Knowles is her mother and Emmett L. Thompson is her mother’s brother. The State prosecuted the appellants jointly as co-conspirators. Appellants did not testify.

The evidence was essentially as follows:

Approximately 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 28th, the victim, Jimmy Longshore, a resident of LaGrange, received a telephone call from an unidentified caller asking about a car Longshore was trying to sell.…