Vaughn v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

First degree murder; sentence: life imprisonment.

Several eyewitnesses testified that on September 23,1976, the victim, Will Starks, was walking up the front steps of a neighbor’s house when he was shot and killed. He was unarmed and was carrying only a bucket to get some water for his horse. The appellant drove up, parked across the street, got out of his automobile with a shotgun, and approached the victim. When appellant was about eight feet from the victim, he called out, “Willie,” and as the victim turned, appellant shot him.

The appellant made the following statement to…