WILLINGHAM v. STATE

6 Div. 562.

80 So.2d 280 (1955)

Joe Buck WILLINGHAM v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeGraffenried & DeGraffenried, Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

Si Garrett, Atty. Gen., and Maury D. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


MERRILL, Justice.

The appellant Joe Buck Willingham was indicted for the offense of murder in the first degree. The jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of thirty years. From the judgment and sentence he appealed.

The evidence for the State tended to show that appellant and his brother, James Willingham, engaged in a fight with the deceased, Deward L. Brown, in a combination tavern and dance...

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