Bickerstaff v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Delton Bickerstaff was indicted for murder in violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant guilty of the lesser included offense of manslaughter. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary as a habitual felony offender.

On the evening of April 21, 1984, a pickup truck driven by the appellant collided with a car driven by Kathryn McCullough on Persimmon Tree Road in Dallas County, Alabama. The State and the appellant’s defense counsel stipulated that this accident occurred at approximately 7:30 p.m., and that McCullough died as a result…