Davenport v. State

The appellant, Swannie Lee Davenport, was indicted for murder and first-degree hindering prosecution. She was convicted of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter, a violation of § 13A-6-3(a), Ala. Code 1975, and first-degree hindering prosecution, a violation of § 13A-10-43, Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced her to serve consecutive terms of twenty years in prison on the manslaughter conviction and ten years in prison on the first-degree hindering prosecution conviction. The appellant filed a motion for a new trial, which the trial court summarily denied. This appeal followed.

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