State v. Jones

SHARP, Justice.

All the evidence tends to show that Peggy Jones (Peggy) was murdered on the night of 20 December 1969 by an assassin who fired three .22-caliber bullets into her back and three into her head back of the left ear. The nature of the wounds and the powder burns on the flesh indicated to the pathologist who autopsied the body that the weapon was discharged not more than six inches from her head.

The only question presented by this appeal is whether the State offered substantial evidence that defendant, Peggy’s 36-year-old husband, was the murderer. The State’s evidence is entirely…