FIKES v. STATE

2 Div. 335.

81 So.2d 303 (1955)

William Earl FIKES v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Hall and Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

Si Garrett, Atty. Gen., and Paul T. Gish, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant was convicted of first degree burglary with intent to ravish Jean Heinz Rockwell in an apartment dwelling which she occupied, and was sentenced to death,—Section 85, Title 14, Code of 1940.

The evidence was that on Friday night about "10:20" of April 24, 1953, Mrs. Rockwell was asleep in her bedroom. She had two babies, one of whom was in an adjoining bedroom and the younger in her room. Her husband was not at home. When she awakened...

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