Blackshear v. State

HARWOOD, Judge.

This appellant James Durwood Black-shear and his brother, Julian Blackshear, were indicted for murder in the first degree because of the killing of James Ralph Andrews. Julian Blackshear demanded and was granted a severance. The appellant’s jury trial resulted in a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree and his punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the State penitentiary for a term of twenty years.

On 7 March 1947, at about 10:30 A.M. the appellant and his brother Julian were riding in a truck, the appellant driving. They turned from a side street onto the Bee Line…