HIGDON v. STATE

6 Div. 566.

367 So.2d 991 (1979)

James HIGDON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

February 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Garrett of Parker & Garrett, Birmingham, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Larry R. Newman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, appellee.


BOWEN, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of second degree murder by striking Lettie Coleman with a U-Haul truck. Sentence was fixed at twenty years' imprisonment. Because errors occurring during the course of the trial effectively denied the appellant a fair trial this case is reversed.

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