MOODY v. STATE

6 Div. 661.

113 So.2d 787 (1959)

James H. MOODY v. STATE.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

June 30, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matt Murphy, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Paul T. Gish, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PRICE, Judge.

Appellant, James H. Moody, was indicted for murder in the first degree for the fatal shooting of his fifteen-year-old stepson. This is the second appeal in this case. On the first trial defendant interposed pleas of "not guilty" and "not guilty by reason of insanity." He was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to 50 years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

On appeal the cause was reversed and remanded for the refusal of the...

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