JOHNSON v. STATE

7 Div. 259.

289 So.2d 662 (1973)

Richard Joe JOHNSON, alias v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron K. Allenstein, Gadsden, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and David Lee Weathers, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


TYSON, Judge.

The appellant was charged by the Grand Jury of Etowah County, Alabama, with the first degree murder of Sylvester A. Whorton by shooting him with a gun or pistol. At arraignment the appellant, accompanied by counsel, entered a plea of not guilty, and the cause was set for trial with regular and special venires being drawn.

On March 1, 1973, the appellant appeared in open court, accompanied by his attorney, and entered a plea of guilty to the offense...

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