GARRETT v. STATE

5 Div. 684.

105 So.2d 541 (1958)

Sanford GARRETT v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 16, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walker & Walker, Opelika, for appellant.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Edmon L. Rinehart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


SIMPSON, Justice.

Sanford Garrett appeals from a conviction of murder in the second degree and a sentence of imprisonment for thirty years for the killing of his estranged wife, Alice Lankford Garrett.

The tendency of the State's evidence shows the following: Defendant and his wife had been separated for some time, and he was presently defending a divorce action filed by her against him. Alice and one Hanson had gone to a roadside beer joint, and the defendant...

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