PYLES v. STATE

7 Div. 251.

78 So.2d 813 (1954)

James PYLES, alias, v. STATE.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1954.

Affirmed on Mandate March 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merrill, Merrill, Vardaman & Matthews, Anniston, for appellant.

Si Garrett, Atty. Gen., Robt. Straub, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Owen Bridges, of counsel, for the State.


HARWOOD, Judge.

This appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree. His jury trial resulted in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, punishment being fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of five years.

The evidence presented by the State tended to show that the appellant, James Pyles, went to the house where the deceased, Dennis Brooks lived, in search of his wife, who had been absent from the Pyles home overnight...

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