Williams v. State

The defendant was originally indicted on a charge of murder in the first degree, and on his trial was convicted of murder in the second degree. From this judgment an appeal was taken to this court, where the judgment of conviction was reversed, and the cause remanded for another trial. Williams v. State, 18 Ala. App. 438,93 So. 55. When the defendant again appeared in the lower court to answer the charge, the court refused to order a special venire as is required in all capital cases. The defendant insisted that he stood charged with a capital felony, and objected to being put to trial…