Petty v. State

110 So.2d 319 (1958)

James A. PETTY

v.

STATE.

4 Div. 363.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

December 2, 1958.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1959.

Ben H. Lightfoot, Luverne, for appellant.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Wm. C. Younger, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

This appellant, James A. Petty, was indicted for murder in the first degree for the death of Virgil S. Sasser.

His trial resulted in a verdict and judgment of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree.

Appellant's motion for a new trial was overruled, and an appeal was perfected to this court.

The evidence presented in…