SMITH v. STATE

2 Div. 182.

340 So.2d 84 (1976)

Dorothy Bell SMITH v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Utsey and James D. Evans, Butler, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and C. Lawson Little, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


TYSON, Judge.

The appellant, Dorothy Bell Smith, was indicted for the first degree murder of George Pennington "by shooting him with a .22 pistol." At trial the jury found the appellant guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and fixed her punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. The trial court then pronounced judgment, setting sentence in accordance with this verdict.

The evidence presented at trial disclosed that the appellant and her step-daughter...

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