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SOWELLS v. STATE

3 Div. 451.

339 So.2d 1090 (1976)

Jessie W. SOWELLS, alias v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

November 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily B. Gassenheimer, Montgomery, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and David W. Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Second degree murder; sentence: fifteen years.

The appellant, the appellant's brother, and the deceased, Oscar Bill Wright, were at the appellant's home around noon on Saturday, July 19, 1975. They had been drinking since the previous evening as was their custom on weekends. The deceased died as a result of a shotgun blast. The appellant, after waiving the appropriate Miranda warning, gave...

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