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LANG v. STATE

8 Div. 489.

42 So.2d 512 (1949)

LANG v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 20, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell W. Lynne, of Decatur, for appellant.

A. A. Carmichael, Atty. Gen., and Francis M. Kohn, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

The appellant, James Lester Lang, was indicted by the grand jury of Morgan County, Alabama, for murder in the first degree. The jury returned a verdict convicting him of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at ninety-nine years in the State penitentiary. The victim was Mrs. Christine Haynie, about thirty-seven years of age, who left surviving her a husband and six children. It was not shown that appellant and Mrs. Haynie were acquainted...

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