Armstrong v. State

OPINION

RUSSELL, Judge.

The plaintiff in error, Hal Dave Armstrong, Jr., appeals his conviction of murder in the first degree and resultant sentence of life imprisonment.

On February 6, 1969, the operator of the Hub Clothing Store, Mr. Drew Wyche, was shot to death near the middle of the day in his place of business in downtown Jackson, Tennessee. Armstrong became a suspect when it was learned from a part-time employee of the store that Armstrong had been in the store a few minutes earlier, inquired for Mr. Wyche, was told that he had gone to the bank and would be back in a few minutes, and left…