WHETSTONE v. STATE

5 Div. 707.

435 So.2d 226 (1983)

James Wall WHETSTONE, alias v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

July 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Morris of Radney & Morris, Alexander City, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Owens, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HUBERT TAYLOR, Judge.

James Wall Whetstone was tried for and convicted of the murder of his former wife by shooting her with a pistol. The trial court, subsequently, sentenced the appellant to life imprisonment.

It is undisputed that the appellant shot and killed Rebecca Whetstone on November 1, 1981. The appellant testified, at trial, that he shot his former wife during an argument. He had drawn his pistol when she approached him with an object in her...

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