Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
The defendant, a 39-year-old ordained minister who had never before been involved with the law, was accused of shooting his former paramour, June Swindell, and her companion, Al Cheatham, as they sat in a car. The prosecution's theory was essentially that, although the defendant had married another woman, he was intent on continuing his relationship with Ms. Swindell, and shot her and Cheatham when she rebuffed...
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