State v. McKinney

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

The defendant, Jesse Allen McKinney, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to serve 45 years in the State penitentiary. On this appeal, he makes several issues for review on the various grounds that will hereinafter be discussed. We find no reversible error and must, therefore, affirm the judgment of conviction.

Since the defendant attacks the weight and sufficiency of the evidence, we will summarize it. At about 7:30 A.M., on September 7, 1978, the defendant, then 18 years of age, picked up the 51 — year old victim, Robert St. John, hitchhiking near…