Evans v. State

Undercofler, Justice.

This appeal is from the conviction of Willie James Evans for the murder of his wife, Willie Louise Evans. He appeals to this court from the sentence of life imprisonment. Held:

The evidence shows that the defendant and the decedent had been married about nine months, that they lived in an apartment with his wife’s three children and two grandchildren.

Mary Hudson testified that she was a neighbor of the decedent and on the morning of the homicide, Saturday, March 28, 1970, they went shopping. They saw the defendant’s car stopped with the hood raised. The decedent went over…