CHAVERS v. STATE

SC 77-55.

361 So.2d 1106 (1978)

Ex parte James Chavers, Jr. In re James CHAVERS, Jr. v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Drew Redden and William N. Clark of Rogers, Howard, Redden & Mills, Birmingham, for petitioner.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Montgomery, and Barry V. Hutner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Birmingham, for respondent.


MADDOX, Justice.

Petitioner, James Chavers, Jr., seeks to review the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals, 361 So.2d 1096 which upheld the trial court's refusal to give the following requested charges on lesser included offenses of murder:

"CHARGE NO. 24

"The Court instructs the jury that manslaughter in the second degree is included in the charge against the defendant.

"CHARGE NO. 26

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