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SHIELDS v. STATE

CR-94-1530.

680 So.2d 969 (1996)

Billy Joe SHIELDS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1996.

Certiorari Denied August 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Frank Head, Columbiana, for Appellant.

Jeff Sessions, Atty. Gen., and LaVette Brown, Deputy Atty. Gen., for Appellee.

Alabama Supreme Court 1951303.

TAYLOR, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Billy Joe Shields, was convicted of murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The state's evidence tended to show that on the night of May 19, 1993, the appellant shot and killed Terrence Thomas. Dr. Joseph Embry, a medical examiner for the Department of Forensic Sciences, testified that Thomas...

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