Legal Opinion
Bettis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided August 23, 1988No. 2 Div. 648PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, Judge.
James Earl Bettis was indicted by the Wilcox County Grand Jury for leaving the scene of an accident in violation of § 32-10-2, Code of Alabama 1975, and for manslaughter in violation of § 13A-6-3, Code of Alabama 1975.
The appellant was found guilty of leaving the scene of an accident and of criminally negligent homicide. The appellant was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary for leaving the scene of an accident and to one year in the Wilcox County Jail for criminally negligent homicide. The one-year sentence is to run concurrently with the 10-year…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- State v. SelfCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
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