Boling v. State

Marshall, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of murdering his estranged wife. At the time of the homicide, the deceased was living with her mother, brother, and sister-in-law. The appellant had come to their house to pick up the deceased and their child in order to take the child to the hospital. After the appellant arrived, the other members of the deceased’s family left the house. The following day, the deceased’s corpse was discovered lying underneath a bed in the house. The deceased’s body had bruises and marks about the neck and head, and there was evidence that she had been pushed…