Mauldin v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for the first degree murder of Leland Scott Curenton “by shooting him with a pistol.” At trial the jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed punishment at twelve, years, six months, imprisonment. The trial court then pronounced judgment, setting sentence in accordance with this verdict.

Dr. Vann Pruitt, State Toxicologist, testified that he performed an autopsy on the body of Scott Curenton and determined that the cause of death was a gunshot wound in his chest, which pierced and caused severe damage to the heart.

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