Cartwright v. State

The appellant, Thomas Joel Cartwright, was convicted of the murder of Michael L. Douglas, in violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975; the attempted murder of Brenda Craig, in violation of § 13A-4-2, Code of Alabama 1975; and assault in the first degree upon Edna Diane Whatley, in violation of §13A-6-20, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder conviction and on the attempted murder conviction and to 21 years' imprisonment on the assault conviction, all three sentences to run consecutively.

The state's evidence tended to show that on the night of October…