Stuckey v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree and, in accordance with the verdict of the jury, he was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. He was represented at arraignment and trial by retained counsel who represents him on appeal. He pleaded not guilty.

The evidence in this case is in sharp conflict. The state’s evidence made a strong case of murder without any extenuating circumstances. The evidence for appellant tended to show the shooting was accidental.

Appellant and the deceased were husband and wife and had been married four years at the time of the…