Newell v. State

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. James C. Newell appeals his conviction for manslaughter stemming from his altercation with and fatal shooting of Adrian Boyette in the parking lot of the Slab House bar in Lowndes County. We find that the trial court committed reversible error in one of its evidentiary rulings and in refusing one of Newell’s requested jury instructions on the newly revised statutory presumption under the “Castle Doctrine.” So we reverse and remand.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. James C. Newell lived in Vernon, Alabama, but worked in and around Columbus, Lowndes…