Washington v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Washington was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was represented at arraignment and trial by court appointed counsel. He pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. After sentence he gave notice of appeal and was furnished a free transcript and trial counsel was appointed to represent him on appeal.

Some time around midnight, or shortly thereafter, on February 24, 1974, appellant went on a shooting spree and killed three people and shot and wounded three other people. He then drove to the VA Hospital in Tuscaloosa,…