Allred v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

The appellant was convicted by a Jury of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. On October 1, 1970, the Grand Jury of Houston County, Alabama, charged Barbara Ann Allred with the first degree murder of James A. Allred by shooting him with a pistol. On October 23, 1970, she entered a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. On December 28, 1970, she was committed to Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa for an examination of her sanity. The Superintendent of Bryce Hospital rendered a report on February 5, 1971, certifying that…