Wells v. State

BLOODWORTH, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review a decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals, 52 Ala.App. 351, 292 So.2d 465.

Briefly, the facts of the case are as follows. On the evening of August 9, 1968, petitioner Wells went to the house where his wife and ten children were living. An argument ensued between petitioner, his wife, Elsie Wells, his son, Ronnie Wells, and his daughter, Brenda Blackmon. According to the testimony, during the course of the argument, petitioner fired several shots with a .25 caliber pistol at his wife, and Ronnie Wells fired a shotgun in defense of his mother…