DOTSON v. STATE

6 Div. 182.

268 So.2d 503 (1972)

Tommy Lee DOTSON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

October 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo E. Costello, Birmingham, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Charles H. Barnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted by a jury in Jefferson County of murder in the first degree. The alleged victim was Allen Sanders. The death blow was inflicted with a knife wound in the victim's chest. The trial court denied appellant's motion for a new trial. Hence, this appeal.

The evidence was conflicting in many details. An argument which set the fatal blow in motion began without dispute in the home of one Rilla McGraw. The home, as one or more witnesses...

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