EATON v. STATE

2 Div. 464.

177 So.2d 444 (1965)

Gerald EATON v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Drinkard, Linden, for appellant.

Richmond M. Flowers, Atty. Gen., and Leslie Hall, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


HARWOOD, Justice.

This appellant has been found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death.

The evidence tends to show that the appellant and three companions drove into Sumter County, Alabama, from Texas. They were in a Ford automobile, and had heard police radio broadcasts for their apprehension. Shortly after entering Alabama from Mississippi, they saw a highway patrol car apparently following them.

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