CUMBO v. STATE

7 Div. 584.

368 So.2d 871 (1978)

William T. CUMBO v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Casey, Heflin, James Allen Main, Anniston, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Eddie Hardaway, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


BOWEN, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for the first degree murder of Lawrence William Hicks, Jr. A jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree and punishment was set at thirty years' imprisonment.

The major issue presented on appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. There was no eyewitness to the murder; all the evidence is circumstantial.

The State's key witness and the only witness, other than the appellant...

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