Peoples v. State

The appellant was indicted and convicted for the murder of Plemmie Mae Mangum by shooting her with a pistol in violation of Ala. Code § 13A-6-2 (Supp. 1977). The trial court fixed his punishment at twenty years in the State penitentiary.

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Appellant contends for the first time on this appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction. There was no motion to exclude the evidence, no request for the affirmative charge, and no motion for a new trial. Under a long line of cases, the sufficiency of the evidence is not subject to review unless challenged by one of those procedures in…