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WASHINGTON v. STATE

4 Div. 334.

251 So.2d 592 (1971)

James WASHINGTON v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith & Smith, Dothan, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and W. Mark Anderson, III, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

LAWSON, Justice.

James Washington was convicted in the Circuit Court of Houston County of the first degree murder of Benjamin O. Sailors, a police officer of the City of Dothan. The jury fixed his punishment at death. Judgment and sentence were in accord with the verdict.

Our review is controlled by the automatic appeal law applicable to cases where the death sentence is imposed.—Act 249, approved June 24, 1943, General Acts 1943, p. 217, carried in...

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