Evans v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The two-count indictment charged Leslie Evans with the first degree murder of Hayes J. Tooson “by stabbing or cutting him with a knife” while having been convicted and serving a sentence of murder in the second degree from Jefferson County, Alabama, within twenty years prior to the stated offense. Experienced counsel was appointed to represent the appellant, and, following discovery proceedings and arraignment on the capital murder indictment, the trial court conducted a hearing and allowed the appellant to enter a plea of guilty, as charged, based upon the recommendation by the…