DAVIS v. STATE

1 Div. 761.

112 So.2d 353 (1958)

Louis E. DAVIS v. STATE.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Seale, Mobile, for appellant.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Wm. C. Younger, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

This appellant was indicted for the first degree murder of William F. Knight.

His trial resulted in a verdict and judgment of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, his punishment being fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of five years; hence this appeal.

In the trial below the evidence presented by the defense was directed toward showing self defense.

Since errors in the court's oral charge to...

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