DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.
J. L. Sutton, Jr., was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder with the jury recommending mercy. He subsequently filed a motion for new trial, which was later amended and, after a hearing, denied. A brief summary of the evidence shows that he shot and killed his brother-in-law, after an argument over the driving of the deceased while intoxicated, after they had returned to the home of the accused, where the deceased was living with the accused...
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