West v. State

312 So.2d 45 (1975)

James Robert WEST, Jr.

v.

STATE.

1 Div. 525.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

February 18, 1975.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1975.

Reynolds T. Alonzo, Mobile, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Donald V. Watkins, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee, the State.

TYSON, Judge.

The three-count indictment charged the appellant with unlawfully killing "Billy Dannelley by stabbing him with a knife," or by "striking him with a blunt instrument," or by "beating him to death with his fists and feet."

Appellant was represented at trial by two experienced court-appointed…