WEST v. STATE

1 Div. 525.

312 So.2d 45 (1975)

James Robert WEST, Jr. v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reynolds T. Alonzo, Mobile, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Donald V. Watkins, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee, the State.


TYSON, Judge.

The three-count indictment charged the appellant with unlawfully killing "Billy Dannelley by stabbing him with a knife," or by "striking him with a blunt instrument," or by "beating him to death with his fists and feet."

Appellant was represented at trial by two experienced court-appointed attorneys. The jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed punishment at life imprisonment. The trial court then entered judgment...

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