Brown v. State

Carley, Justice.

At the conclusion of a bench trial, the trial court found Kenneth Brown guilty of malice murder of his wife, and sentenced him to life imprisonment. After the denial of a motion for new trial, Brown brings this appeal.

1. Brown drove his wife to the emergency room, where she was pronounced dead. According to the medical examiner, her death was the combined result of strangulation and trauma to the head, chest and abdomen. In his statement to the police, Brown admitted that he argued with his wife and that they had a physical confrontation. Officers who executed a warrant to…