Bradley v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Ben Bradley, Jr., appellant, had an affair with Wanda Johnson, aged thirty-four, that lasted until she began dating Grant Perry, Sr., aged seventy-one. Wanda Johnson subsequently moved into Perry’s house. On July 8, 1992, a forlorn Bradley killed Perry. Bradley was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm the judgment of conviction.

Randy Perry, the victim’s son, testified that before the murder he was told that appellant and his father had gotten into an argument over Wanda Johnson and that appellant had pushed his father down.…