Blanchard v. State

Undercofler, Justice.

Hoyt Douglas Blanchard, Jr., was convicted in Whitfield County for the murder of Monroe Bishop, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals. We affirm.

Blanchard formerly was married to Bishop’s daughter. On the day of his release from the mental ward of the local hospital, Blanchard went to Bishop’s Fruit Stand, where Bishop and his son, Kenneth, were working on a tire while they were engaged in a conversation with Sherman Fowler. Kenneth Bishop saw Blanchard drive up, and told his father of Blanchard’s arrival. While Kenneth Bishop continued to work on the tire…