Coleman v. State

Willie Earl Coleman was charged by indictment with causing the death of Jimmy Owens, by shooting him with a gun, contrary to § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended.

The jury found the appellant "guilty of murder as charged in the indictment" and the trial court set sentence at 30 years' imprisonment. (R. 113)

The State established that the deceased, Jimmy Owens, was present at his home at 714 Maudine Street in Prichard, Mobile County, at about 5:30 on the afternoon of June 6, 1981. He was in an argument with the appellant, Willie Earl Coleman, when, according to the daughter of the victim,…