Dixon v. State

CARLEY, Justice.

Charles Dixon was convicted of the malice murder of Sundie Cutter and the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment. Thereafter, Dixon filed a motion for new trial, which the trial court denied, and he appeals.

1. Appellant and the victim had a lengthy and tempestuous relationship. Shortly before the homicide, she ordered him out of the apartment they shared. On the night before she died, Ms. Cutter met another man and invited him to come home with her. He left in the early morning hours. At some point shortly thereafter, the murderer entered the victim’s bedroom, possibly…