Frazier v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The indictment charges murder in the first degree. Verdict and judgment of guilty of murder in second degree resulted in sentence of twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

The evidence is undisputed that the appellant, Willie James Frazier, killed one Ernest Meriweather by shooting him with a .32 caliber pistol. The testimony established that the deceased was employed as a bouncer at the “Tuiauna Club” in the City of Montgomery. His primary duties were to sell tickets at the door and to keep down disturbances.

On July 11, 1969, the night prior to the shooting, the appellant’s wife,…