GIVAN, Chief Justice.
Appellant was charged by indictment with the crime of second-degree murder. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict of guilty as charged and the jury set the penalty at 15 to 25 years' imprisonment. The court however sentenced appellant to life imprisonment.
The record reveals the following facts: At about 4:30 a.m. on January 25, 1975, appellant went to the house of Marie Johnson and told her that he had just killed a woman and had put...
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