Reese v. State

George Warren Reese was charged by indictment with the first degree murder of one Russell Dewitt McWhorter "by stabbing him with a knife" (Volume II, R. p. 262).

The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed punishment at life imprisonment. The trial judge then set sentence in accordance with this verdict.

From the denial of the appellant's motion to exclude the State's evidence and the overruling of his motion for a new trial, challenging the weight and sufficiency of the State's evidence, the appellant prosecutes this appeal.

Mr. Dewitt McWhorter stated that he…