Williams v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The indictment charged the appellant with the first degree murder of Lester Max Lee “by shooting him with a pistol.” The jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed punishment at life imprisonment. The trial court then set sentence in accordance with this verdict and following a hearing denied appellant’s motion for new trial.

Briefly stated, this case arose from a homicide which occurred on the night of February 5-6, 1975, wherein the body of the deceased Max Lee was found in an automobile which struck the bridge on Court Street at the intersection of…