STRAUGHN v. STATE

3 Div. 23.

121 So.2d 882 (1958)

Frank STRAUGHN, alias v. STATE.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1959.

Affirmed on Mandate June 30, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones & Nix, Evergreen, for appellant.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Geo. Young, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PRICE, Judge.

The defendant was convicted in the court below of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for ten years. He appeals from the judgment of conviction.

The testimony shows without conflict that the defendant, the deceased, one John Meeks and Mose Boykin were engaged in a game of dice at the home of John Meeks. A dispute arose between the defendant and the deceased over money taken by deceased, which the...

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