Smith v. State

Jordan, Justice.

Briant Eric Smith was convicted of the murder of Paul Eugene Baker, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals his conviction and sentence.

The appellant was seventeen years of age at the time of the homicide. He and several other persons were at the apartment of David Stephens. Paul Eugene Baker and his brother, Barney Roy Baker, drove into the parking area of the apartment about midnight, expecting to attend a party there. Stephens, whose apartment was on the second floor, came out his kitchen door and asked who it was, and when Barney Baker gave his name, Stephens said,…