CARPENTER v. STATE

4 Div. 776.

400 So.2d 417 (1981)

Fannie Cornelia CARPENTER v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyd Whigham, Clayton, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen. and J. T. Simonetti, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOOKOUT, Judge.

The appellant was indicted and convicted for first degree murder; the shotgun slaying of her son-in-law, Robert Earl Faircloth. In compliance with the jury verdict, sentence was fixed at life imprisonment.

The State's evidence was sufficient to prove appellant's guilt beyond any reasonable doubt. The evidence was conflicting in certain instances, especially in regard to appellant's claim of self-defense; however, any differences of fact were...

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