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WALKER v. STATE

8 Div. 686.

71 So.2d 47 (1954)

WALKER v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 11, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradshaw, Barnett & Haltom, E. B. Haltom, Jr., Florence, for appellant.

Si Garrett, Atty. Gen., L. E. Barton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thos. M. Haas, Montgomery, of counsel, for the State.

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appellant was indicted and tried for the offense of murder in the first degree. The indictment charged that he "unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, killed William F. Butler, by shooting him with a shotgun, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama." He entered a plea of "not guilty" and "not guilty by reason of self defense".

The jury found appellant guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at 25 years...

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