AKERS v. STATE

6 Div. 514.

399 So.2d 929 (1981)

Rayburn AKERS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

May 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel L. Masdon, Haleyville, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Jean Williams Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOWEN, Judge.

The defendant was indicted for the murder of his wife. Alabama Code 1975, Section 13A-6-2 (Amended 1977). A jury found him guilty of manslaughter. Sentence was eight years' imprisonment.

I

Initially the defendant argues that the trial judge erred in the admission of testimony, over objection, which tended to imply that the defendant had beaten his wife over a period of years.

In its rebuttal case at trial, the State sought to...

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