SCOTT v. STATE

6 Div. 693.

414 So.2d 177 (1982)

Betty Jean SCOTT v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

May 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hiram Dodd, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Bill North, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of manslaughter, and the court fixed her punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for one year and one day. The indictment charged that defendant "did intentionally cause the death of another person, Hubert Scott, by shooting him with a pistol, in violation of § 13A-6-2 of Criminal Code of Alabama," which provides, inter alia:

"(a) A person commits the crime of murder if:

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