PERRY v. STATE

1 Div. 632.

453 So.2d 762 (1984)

Carl Arthur PERRY, Jr. v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Lackey, Mobile, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Joseph G.L. Marston III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HARRIS, Judge.

On December 17, 1982, the Mobile County Grand Jury indicted appellant, Carl Arthur Perry, Jr., for the murder of Paul Laporte. On May 18, 1983, he was found guilty of the murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole under the habitual felony offender statute.

Testimony at trial revealed that Laporte died from a stab wound to the chest, and that his hands were cut in an apparent attempt to fend off the attack. The fatal stabbing...

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