Moore v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death. At arraignment he was represented by a court-appointed lawyer and interposed two pleas, (1) not guilty and (2) not guilty by reason of insanity. On this appeal he was furnished a free transcript of the trial proceedings and the attorney who represented him at trial represents him in this court.

At the time of the homicide appellant was an inmate of the Holman Prison Unit at Atmore, Alabama. The deceased, Robert E. Kendricks, was a correctional officer at the prison. On March 23, 1971, Kendricks died…