Kyles v. State

Nichols, Chief Justice.

Donald Dawson Kyles was convicted of the murder of Lucinda Wingster and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals. This court affirms.

Kyles questioned the victim, his fiancee, about an affair she had with another man. She responded that whatever she had done with the other man was her business. Kyles slapped her. She grabbed a butcher knife and Kyles stabbed her to death with it as they struggled.

1. He first enumerates as error the refusal of the trial court to allow him to ask a prospective juror the following question: "Do you think a person has the right to…