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McPHEARSON v. STATE

2 Div. 406.

125 So.2d 709 (1960)

John Lewis McPHEARSON v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

deGraffenried, deGraffenried and deGraffenried, Tuscaloosa, J. Jos. Thompson, Butler, and Johnston, McCall & Johnston, Mobile, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Jerry L. Coe, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

LAWSON, Justice.

The appellant, John Lewis McPhearson, was indicted by a grand jury of Choctaw County for the first degree murder of his wife, Irma Lee McPhearson.

Upon arraignment McPhearson pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.

His trial resulted in a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. Judgment and sentence were in accord with the verdict. McPhearson appealed to this...

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