MOODY v. STATE

6 Div. 150.

100 So.2d 733 (1957)

James H. MOODY v. The STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matt Murphy, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Paul T. Gish, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


GOODWYN, Justice.

James H. Moody, the appellant, was indicted in Jefferson County for murder in the first degree, the indictment charging that he "unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, killed James Harold Watkins by shooting him with a shotgun, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama." He interposed pleas of "not guilty" and "not guilty by reason of insanity". The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment...

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