HARRIS v. STATE

8 Div. 272.

214 So.2d 843 (1968)

John HARRIS v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 17, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chenault & Moebes, Decatur, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Marlin Mooneyham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, an indigent, was indicted in Lawrence County for murder in the first degree. He entered a plea of not guilty which embraced his contention, on the trial in the circuit court of Lawrence County, that he acted in self-defense when he committed the homicide. He was convicted of the highest offense—murder in the first degree—embraced in the indictment. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He here appeals from the judgment that was...

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