REESE v. STATE

2 Div. 71.

269 So.2d 622 (1972)

Willie Earl REESE v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. G. Gayle and Pitts, Pitts & Thompson, Selma, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Don C. Dickert, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant was tried on a charge of murder in the first degree but convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment for twenty years.

On arraignment he plead not guilty and at the trial sought to justify his action under self defense.

After the verdict a motion for a new trial was filed by appellant and overruled by the court.

Briefly stated, the evidence offered by the State tended to show that on the night...

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