Pope v. State

*45PRICE, Judge.

The indictment charged first degree murder of John Frederick Ridley. Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of Twenty years.

The difficulty which resulted in the death of Fred Ridley occurred at the home of a Mr. and Mrs. Morris in Talladega County on Saturday, November 5, 1955.

The testimony for the State tended to show that Fred Ridley was present at the Morris home from about 3 :00 o’clock in the afternoon until the shooting took place. Appellant, in the company of one Kenton Burks, arrived at the Morrises about…