POPE v. STATE

7 Div. 631.

367 So.2d 998 (1979)

Joyce J. POPE v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

February 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Lawrence, Talladega, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Linda C. Breland, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, appellee.


LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted for the murder in the first degree of Albert Spratlin, Jr., by shooting him with a shotgun; she was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced, in accordance with the punishment fixed by the jury, to imprisonment for five years.

Uncontroverted evidence established that defendant shot the alleged victim, who died almost instantly as he immediately dropped to the floor from the force...

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