Baxter v. State

OPINION

OLIVER, Judge.

Convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to 99 years in the penitentiary, Baxter has duly perfected an appeal in the nature of a writ of error to this Court.

The defendant’s only complaint with respect to the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant and sustain the verdict is reflected in his first Assignment of Error charging there was no evidence that his killing of the deceased was “willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated.”

Since this Assignment necessitates consideration of the material evidence, we summarize it briefly. Shortly after 1:00 p.m. on Saturday,…