Stanley v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

The appellant was charged by information with the crime of first degree murder. Upon trial, the State waived the death penalty. A jury found appellant guilty of the alleged offense and assessed his punishment at life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. From a judgment on that verdict comes this appeal.

The appellant first contends for reversal that the evidence is insubstantial to show a willful, deliberate, malicious, and premediated killing. The appellant was fourteen and one-half years of age at the time he admittedly shot and killed his stepfather. The State adduced…