Todd v. State

Hill, Justice.

The appellant, Ralph Lee Todd, was indicted on October 1,1976, for the murder of Blair Thomas. He was tried by a jury and found guilty; the state had sought the *540death penalty, but because the jury was unable to reach a verdict as to sentence, the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment.1

The evidence showed that two female Clark College students left Church’s Fried Chicken near Morris Brown College about midnight on September 12, 1976. As they walked toward the campus, a man behind them who was wearing a dark blue jacket and dark blue skullcap grabbed their collars and…