BURGESS v. STATE

6 Div. 164.

339 So.2d 121 (1976)

Theresa BURGESS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel R. Chandler, Asst. Public Defender, Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Joel L. Dillard, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of first degree murder and the imposition of a life sentence.

At approximately two o'clock on the afternoon of July 20, 1975, the defendant and her infant daughter were seen at the Druid City Hospital emergency room. The infant was approximately four to five weeks old, was a black female and was dead on arrival. The homicide division of the Tuscaloosa City Police Department was contacted. Chief Warren...

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