Graham v. State

Ingram, Justice.

Appellant Ernest Graham was tried before a jury in January, 1975, on an indictment in Crawford Superior Court charging him with the murder of his wife. He was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. His motion for new trial was overruled in July, 1975, and he has appealed to this court from his judgment of conviction, sentence and denial of a new trial.

Appellant and his wife owned and operated an establishment known as "Ernie’s Truck Stop.” They also resided at that location. On the evening of March 3,1974, about 9 p.m., several men gathered at the truck stop to play…