Rice v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

The question is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the verdict of guilty of the murder of Brenda Lou Howard. Arthur Bryson Rice appeals from a judgment of life sentence.

Sometime in the evening of March 14, 1962, Brenda Lou Howard and her husband, Donald, both received gunshot wounds, and Brenda Lou knife wounds, which resulted in their deaths. The killings occurred in a remote wooded area near Ashland frequented by young people for romantic purposes. The young couple had been married a short time. The announcement of the wedding was being postponed until Brenda…