Wiggins v. State

Marshall, Presiding Justice.

Sanford Wiggins appeals from his conviction of the February 21, 1983, malice murder of Cleon Evans, Jr., for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Although the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction is not challenged on appeal, there was evidence as follows. The decedent was unable to park his car in his accustomed place in the alleyway behind the defendant’s apartment, so he parked blocking the defendant’s door. The defendant became angry, and either dragged the decedent (who had offered to move his car) into the defendant’s apartment or went…