Davis v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The indictment charges murder in the first degree to which the appellant was duly ■arraigned, accompanied by counsel, and the cause thereafter set for trial. The arraignment occurred at the Fall 1970 Term, and the trial date was set for March 1, 1971. Trial resulted in judgment and sentence of life imprisonment; hence this appeal.

The State’s evidence in the case consisted principally of testimony of children of the decedent and the appellant, who described a Saturday evening in midsummer wherein their mother had returned home from work, fixed dinner, dressed, and gone out with…