Sallee v. State

OPINION

BLISS, Judge:

Appellant, Earl Junior Sallee, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried before a jury and convicted in the District Court of Lincoln County, Case No. CRF-74-1, for the offense of Murder in the Second Degree. Punishment was assessed at an indeterminate sentence of ten (10) years to life imprisonment. From said judgment and sentence he has perfected this timely appeal to this Court.

Briefly stated, the evidence adduced at trial is as follows: Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Ted O’Donnell testified that on December 30, 1973, at approximately 10:50 p. m. he was…