DOANE v. STATE

3 Div. 666.

351 So.2d 648 (1977)

John Charles DOANE v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maury D. Smith, Sterling Culpepper, Jr. and Charles S. Coody, Montgomery, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Ellis D. Hanan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


DeCARLO, Judge.

John Charles (Jack) Doane was indicted by the Grand Jury of Montgomery County for unlawfully and with malice aforethought killing Catherine (Kitty) Doane by stabbing her with a knife. The appellant was arraigned on this charge and trial was commenced on June 17, 1975.

After a four-day trial the jury returned a verdict finding the appellant guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and fixing his punishment at five years in the penitentiary...

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