King v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The indictment charges murder in the first degree. The appellant King was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.

The evidence is undisputed that the appellant, Lloyd King, killed one Jesse Landrum by shooting him with a pistol. The testimony in this case established that the appellant was the operator of the Rendezvous Club, a night club in the City of Mobile, and that the deceased was a customer therein on the night of March 18, 1970. Three witnesses took the stand and testified that on said night they saw a conversation take…