Pendergrass v. State

Marshall, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of the murder of Camilla Jones, and she was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

Evidence introduced by the state showed that the appellant’s daughter and the victim had been involved in an altercation on the day of the murder. Elvyn Peebles, who was the appellant’s boyfriend, testified that he heard gunshots coming from the victim’s house that night. He saw the appellant coming out of the back door, and he went inside the house and found the victim lying on the floor, dead. Peebles testified that he could not calm the appellant down or get…