Ivey v. State

Jimmie Lee Ivey was jointly indicted with Arlene Ivey, his wife, for the mnrder of Doc Porter. A severance was granted and he was tried first. The jnry fonnd him guilty and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. From a judgment, in accordance with the verdict, he appealed.

The State showed that Catherine "Wallace witnessed a difficulty between the Iveys and Doc Porter in her front yard. At first she and Arlene were on the porch. The men were standing in the yard under a chinaberxy tree engaged in an argument. Arlene walked out to where the men were, and Jimmie,…