Townsend v. State

Gregory A. Townsend, alias Greg Townsend, was indicted under the alternative theories listed in § 13A-6-2 (a)(1), -2 (a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975, for the murder of Ollie Willie Jones by "shooting him with a shotgun."

The jury found appellant "guilty of murder." The trial court thereafter sentenced him to a term of 30 years' imprisonment.

From the trial court's denial of his motion for a new trial, he prosecutes this appeal.

On October 20, 1980, the appellant shot and killed Ollie Willie Jones with three rounds from appellant's .20 gauge shotgun. The fatal shot caused a head wound to the left…