Vaughn v. State

JOSEPH J. MULLINS, Retired Circuit Judge.

The Grand Jury of Mobile County returned an indictment against the appellant, David Wayne Vaughn, charging him with murder in the first degree. Appellant entered a plea of not guilty. A jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. The trial court duly sentenced the appellant to life imprisonment in the penitentiary, and the appellant appeals to this court.

The appellant was at all proceedings in the trial court represented by retained counsel and is represented in this court by *340court-appoin…