HOLMES v. STATE

1 Div. 676.

342 So.2d 28 (1976)

Ronnie Dean HOLMES v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crawford, Blacksher, Figures & Brown, Mobile, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Jane LeCroy Robbins, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, appellee.


BOOKOUT, Judge.

First degree murder; sentence: life imprisonment.

On the night of January 14, 1975, at approximately 11:00 P.M., Gordon Presnall was shopping at a fruit stand in Saraland, Alabama. Without any apparent motive or reason, Mr. Presnall was shot in the back of the head with a shotgun, and he died as a result. An empty shotgun shell was found at the scene. No one actually saw the shooting, nor could anyone identify the assailant who fled the scene...

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