Nelson v. State

DeCARLO, Judge.

Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Covington County for the first degree murder of Willie J. Salter. He was convicted by a jury of the offense- of first degree manslaughter and sentenced to eighteen months.

The record reveals that at 11:00 P.M. on September 21,1979, appellant and two companions, O. D. Adams and Jimmy Hucka-bee, stopped at the Drip Rock Tavern in Covington County to have a drink and play pool. A pick-up truck belonging to the deceased, Willie T. Salter, was parked near the entrance to the tavern. Salter had the carcass of a rattlesnake in his truck, and,…