SMITHERMAN v. STATE

1 Div. 647.

85 So.2d 427 (1956)

Roosevelt SMITHERMAN v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. R. Meriwether, Prichard, for appellant.

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


GOODWYN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death by electrocution. His appeal is here under the provisions of the Automatic Appeal Statute. Act No. 249, appvd. June 24, 1943, Gen.Acts 1943, p. 217, Code 1940, Tit. 15, § 382(1) et seq., Pocket Part.

The indictment charges that appellant "unlawfully and with malice aforethought, killed Thomas J. Harper, by shooting him with a gun, against the peace and dignity...

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