DOWNS v. STATE

8 Div. 13.

231 So.2d 336 (1969)

Jo Ann DOWNS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powell & Powell, Decatur, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Robert E. Morrow, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PRICE, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Jo Ann Downs, was indicted for murder in the first degree for the killing of her husband, Charlie Cliff Downs. She was convicted of murder in the second degree. Her punishment was fixed at ten years in the penitentiary.

Charlie Cliff Downs was killed the night of December 26, 1966. The cause of death was six pistol shot wounds in the head, fired from a .22 Caliber Beretta pistol held 8 to 10 inches from his head. The pistol...

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