Taylor v. State

HARWOOD, Justice.

This appellant, Leroy Taylor, has been adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death.

' At the trial below, he pled not guilty, and not guilty by reason of insanity.

The evidence presented by the State tends to show that Cynthia Marie Hawkins, a negro girl seven years of age, lived with her family in Furnace quarters, a negro section in the City of Talladega. Dye Creek ran along the back of the area several hundred feet back of the Hawkins’ home.

■ The family was large, with brothers and sisters ranging from three years up to twenty-three years of age.

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