Turner v. State

TYSON, Judge.

James Edward Turner was indicted for and found guilty by the jury of the first degree murder of Charles White, by “shooting him with a shotgun and/or a pistol.” The jury’s verdict and the judgment of the trial court set sentence at life imprisonment.

The appellant prosecutes this appeal from the trial court’s denial of his motion for a new trial largely on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict.

On January 27, 1979, appellant’s wife and, later, the appellant also, had arguments with the deceased, Charles White, in a local “club” in the presence of…