Riddle v. State

MiNoe W. Millwee, Justice.

Appellant, Ben Riddle, was charged by information filed by the prosecuting attorney with the crime of murder in the first degree for the alleged killing of Walter Ashmead on November 20, 1945. Tlie jury found appellant guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed Ms punishment at 10'years in the state penitentiary.

For reversal of the judgment, appellant first challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.

The appellant and deceased were rural neighbors and had lived within two miles of each other in a rugged and sparsely settled section of…