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COLEMAN v. STATE

2 Div. 434.

164 So.2d 704 (1963)

John COLEMAN v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1963.

Certiorari Granted October 28, 1963.

Remanded after Reversal May 28, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

Richmond M. Flowers, Atty. Gen., and Dwight W. Bradley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Certiorari Granted October 28, 1963. See 84 S.Ct. 177.

Remanded after Reversal by United States Supreme Court May 28, 1964.

SIMPSON, Justice.

John "Big Time" Coleman, a Negro, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder in the first degree of one John D. "Screwdriver" Johnson, a white mechanic, and his punishment was fixed at death. The appeal is taken pursuant to the automatic appeal statutes, § 382(1) et seq., Title 15, Code of Ala.1940.

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