Court Opinion

ID: 9641080
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 17:22:38.727831+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:34.866528
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DOUGLAS, Judge,
dissenting.
The majority reverses the case on the insufficiency of the indictment. Appellant specifically withdrew any objection to the indictment. She knew what she was charged with. The majority holds that that part of the indictment that appellant “did then and there attempt knowingly to cause the death of James Leon Hobbs by promising remuneration, to-wit: promising to pay Virgil McCuller $100.00 to kill the said James Leon Hobbs by shooting him with ⅛ gun” is not sufficient because it does not show that appellant hired McCuller or that McCuller accepted the offer or employment or that McCuller did any act demonstrating that he relied on the promise.
It should be noted that the indictment alleges a “promising to pay.” It does not allege an offer to pay.
This allegation is sufficient, especially absent an exception or motion to set aside the indictment, to show that there was an agreement by appellant’s offering to pay to have Leon Hobbs killed.
There was no more that appellant had to do to attempt to get Leon Hobbs killed. The balance was up to McCuller.
The indictment sufficiently alleges an attempt on the part of appellant to have the murder committed.
The judgment should be affirmed.