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YESSICK v. STATE

7 Div. 541.

149 So.2d 818 (1962)

Edward YESSICK, Jr. v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Granted January 17, 1963.

Further Rehearing Denied February 21, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKay & Livingston, Sylacauga, and Rogers, Howard, Redden & Mills, Birmingham, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and John C. Tyson, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree growing out of the killing of Vester Lee Taylor, Jr., by cutting or stabbing him with a knife. Appellant entered pleas of not guilty, not guilty by reason of self-defense, not guilty by reason of insanity, and not guilty by reason of temporary insanity. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the second degree and fixed appellant's punishment at imprisonment for thirty years. His motion for a...

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