PITTS v. STATE

6 Div. 664.

74 So.2d 232 (1954)

PITTS v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. D. McDuffie, deGraffenried, deGraffenried & deGraffenried, Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

Si Garrett, Atty. Gen., and Robt. Straub, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


STAKELY, Justice.

Reed Pitts (appellant) was indicted for the offense of murder in the first degree. Trial was had upon a plea of not guilty. The jury found the defendant guilty as charged and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. The court accordingly adjudged the defendant guilty and sentenced him to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. From such judgment and sentence this appeal is prosecuted.

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