STANTON v. STATE

CR 93-941.

648 So.2d 638 (1994)

Jimmy Lavon STANTON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip J. Sanchez IV, Monroeville, for appellant.

James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., and Norbert Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

On the morning of December 31, 1989, the body of Sarah Brown was found in a field in Evergreen, Alabama. She had been stabbed 67 times. The appellant, Jimmy Lavon Stanton, was convicted of her murder and was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to imprisonment for life without parole. He raises five issues in this direct appeal from his conviction.

I

The appellant states his first argument as follows: "The [appellant] was...

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