GREGORY, Justice.
William L. Byrd was convicted of the November 7, 1981 murder of William R. Patrick and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The victim rented a room in the defendant's boarding house. According to the defendant's trial testimony, he and the victim, along with another boarder, were gathered in the defendant's living room shortly before the victim's death. Both the defendant and the victim had been drinking throughout the evening. At an unspecified...
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