Smith v. State

Terrell, J.-

Plaintiff in error and her brother, Ray Wynn, were tried and convicted for the murder of Curtis Smith, the husband of the plaintiff in error, the verdict being for murder in the first degree with recommendation to mercy. The evidence is entirely circumstantial and. the judgment as to Wynn is not here for review. The sole question pressed for our determination is whether or not the evidence supports the verdict as to the plaintiff in error.

When circumstantial evidence is relied on for conviction the circumstances, when taken together, must be of a conclusive nature and tendency,…