Moody v. State

PRICE, Judge.

Appellant, James H. Moody, was indicted for murder in the first degree for the fatal shooting of his fifteen-year-old stepson. This is the second appeal in this case. On the first trial defendant interposed pleas of “not guilty” and “not guilty by reason of insanity.” He was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to SO years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

On appeal the cause was reversed and remanded for the refusal of the trial court to admit certain evidence as to defendant’s mental condition. Moody v. State, 267 Ala. 204, 100 So.2d 733.

After remandment trial…