Hall v. State

RILEY P. GREEN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

William Earl Plall and Joe Laster were jointly indicted by a Chambers County Grand Jury on March 16, 1972, for the offense of murder in the first degree. Count two of the indictment submitted to the jury charged that these two defendants unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, killed Garvis Brown, by striking him with an automobile jack or jack handle, and by cutting him with a knife.

The defendants were represented by retained counsel and on March 29, 1972, were jointly tried and together convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to six…