KENT v. STATE

6 Div. 466.

367 So.2d 508 (1978)

Oscar Eugene KENT v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Clark of Rogers, Howard, Redden & Mills, Birmingham, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Barry V. Hutner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, for appellee.


BOOKOUT, Judge.

Second degree murder; sentence: ten years imprisonment.

On the night of November 20, 1971, Morris Carlisle, who had a prior conviction for burglary, was shot and killed in the home of the appellant. After an investigation, the Coroner of Jefferson County ruled the killing to be justifiable homicide. Almost five years later, the Birmingham Police Department reopened the case which resulted in the instant charge. Appellant charged that the case...

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