State v. Luster

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice StabeEr.

The defendants, Luster and Hill, were convicted of the murder of E. D. Milam, and were sentenced to die by electrocution. They have both appealed to this Court from the verdict and judgment, and from the refusal of the trial Judge to grant their motion for a new trial.

The evidence for the State, as it appears in the record for appeal, tended to establish the following facts: At the time of his death, Milam was a member of the State Highway Patrol and was wearing the usual uniform, badge, and other insignia of a patrolman. He…