Hill v. State

O’CONNELL, Justice.

Johnnie Hill, after trial by jury, was found to be guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death.

On this appeal appellant, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, questions only the sufficiency of the evidence.

The record before us shows that shortly after midnight on the morning of November 1, 1960 two white women, named Ward and Reum, who were employed in a bar, momentarily left the bar and went into an adjoining package store, also owned by their employer. They remained there for a few minutes and decided to return to the bar by going out the back door of…