Collier v. State

328 So.2d 626 (1975)

Larry Glenn COLLIER

v.

STATE.

6 Div. 940.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

November 18, 1975.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1976.

James F. Berry and Hayden R. Battles, Cullman, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Jack A. Blumenfeld, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

Appellant-defendant, an indigent at nisi prius and on this appeal, was convicted of first degree murder. The jury fixed punishment at life imprisonment.

The victim of the homicide was Harold Eather Brown, who was the father-in-law of defendant. The homicide…