SISTRUNK v. STATE

7 Div. 254.

455 So.2d 287 (1984)

Edward Charles SISTRUNK v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

August 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Semmes, Anniston, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Fred F. Bell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


TAYLOR, Judge.

Edward Charles Sistrunk appeals his conviction for murder from the Circuit Court of Calhoun County. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the stabbing death of his fourteen-year-old niece, Jacqueline Carol Sistrunk. Two issues are raised on appeal. The facts, largely undisputed, will place those issues in perspective.

Appellant lived in Anniston with his mother, Cora Sistrunk, one of his sisters, and her two children. The victim,...

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