Smith v. State

In the circuit court of Leflore county, the appellant was convicted of murder, and was sentenced to the state penitentiary for life.

The state offered evidence proving- that the deceased, Roberta McBride, came to her death as the result of shotgun wounds in the side of her face, and also offered in evidence a confession or statement of the appellant made to a deputy sheriff admitting that he killed the deceased with a shotgun.

As a witness in his own behalf, the appellant admitted that he killed the deceased with a shotgun, but claimed that he killed her in self-defense. He testified that…