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SIMPSON v. STATE

3 Div. 207.

284 So.2d 734 (1973)

William SIMPSON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 30, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard C. Oliver, Montgomery, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Daniel B. Banks, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

CATES, Presiding Judge.

First degree murder: life imprisonment.

I

December 12, 1971, the body of Father Michael Caswell was found in some woods near Our Lady of Fatima School in eastern Montgomery County. Father Caswell was in charge of the school which apparently boarded problem boys. His death was caused by strangulation. His body had abrasions, bruises and lacerations, as though it had been dragged. A green cord was around Father Caswell's neck...

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