CALHOUN v. STATE

7 Div. 78.

460 So.2d 1376 (1983)

Joe Roger CALHOUN v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Greg Wood of Wood, Hollingsworth & Willis, Talladega, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and James F. Hampton and J. Anthony McLain, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


SAM TAYLOR, Judge.

Joe Roger Calhoun was convicted of the murder of Nelson Cross by shooting him with a shotgun. He was sentenced to twenty-one years' imprisonment.

I

Appellant first contends that the trial court erred in refusing to charge the jury regarding the use of force in defense of premises as described in Ala.Code § 13A-3-25(b)(2). Appellant Calhoun killed the victim by shooting him at close range in the left eye with a shotgun just...

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