State v. Hemphill

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Lem Hemphill, defendant herein, appeals from his convictions of second degree murder, first degree robbery and armed criminal action. Defendant was sentenced under the Second Offender Act to life imprisonment for the murder conviction, a consecutive sentence of twenty years for the robbery conviction and a concurrent sentence of ten years for the armed criminal action conviction.

On the evening of December 3,1977, Lem Hemphill attended a party that was, essentially, a “floating crap game”. Donald Hunter, also at the party, won a bet from Hemphill and remarked, “Throw me…