State v. McMillan

Leben, J.:

James McMillan’s neighbor, Milton Jamison, was found in Jamison’s mobile home, lying in a pool of blood with 56 knife wounds all over his body. Jamison and McMillan had played dominoes and drunk whiskey at Jamison’s home the night before. McMillan told the police that he went home that night and had returned in the morning to find Jamison dead. McMillan had testified that he checked Jamison’s body for vital signs, but McMillan was covered with more blood than would be transferred through the casual contact of checking vitals. He also had a bloody pocketknife in his pants, which the…