Gholar v. State

BROOM, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

Murder is the offense for which defendant Frank Gholar was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jefferson Davis County, the Honorable R.I. Prichard circuit judge. Life imprisonment was ordered. Chief grounds for appeal relate to the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.

Defendant Gholar lived with Teresa1 Williams whom, according to the jurors’ finding, he shot on February 15,1981, inside the residence. On that date, during the morning, Gholar and two friends: Charles Rushing and Robert Ball, consumed a quantity of whiskey and went to Teresa’s residence.…