Craig v. State

OPINION

HYDER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree with resulting sentence of ten to fifteen years in the penitentiary. The defendant is indigent and represented by appointed counsel.

On September 12, 1968, a Chattanooga City detective found Raeburn Earl Kettle mortally wounded and lying on the floor of his apartment. The victim told the detective that he knew that he was dying. He said that a young colored man had come to his apartment and said that he wanted his money, that he had tried to close his door and the colored male shot through the door and the…