JONES v. STATE

4 Div. 255.

83 So.2d 68 (1955)

Thomas JONES v. STATE.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

October 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Gibson, Troy, for appellant.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Robt. Straub, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PRICE, Judge.

The indictment charged murder in the second degree. Defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree.

It was undisputed in the evidence that appellant killed Andrew Spheeris by shooting him with a pistol. A jury question was presented, under the conflicting testimony, as to whether the killing was justified under defendant's claim of self-defense.

No brief has been filed on appellant's behalf, but we have carefully searched...

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