Baisden v. State

Marshall, Chief Justice.

Bobby Joe Baisden appeals his conviction of the malice murder of Aaron Robert Williams, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

Decided July 14, 1988. John W. Davis, for appellant. Glenn Thomas, Jr., District Attorney, John B. Johnson III, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Andrew S. Ree, for appellee.

When Baisden and his common-law wife returned home in the evening from a jazz festival, they found the victim, who was Baisden’s long-time friend, sitting on their front porch, extremely intoxicated. Because of his drunken…