SCOTT v. STATE

8 Div. 806.

333 So.2d 619 (1976)

Frank SCOTT v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

June 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jere C. Trent, and William A. Owens, Jr., Athens, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Gary R. Maxwell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


BOOKOUT, Judge.

Second degree murder; sentence: thirty-five years.

The appellant was indicted and convicted for the murder of his brother, Paul Scott. The alleged murder took place in the evening on March 3, 1975. There was substantial evidence presented at trial from which the jury could conclude that the appellant willfully shot and killed Paul Scott with a twelve gauge shotgun. The appellant testified that the shooting was accidental.

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